All Star Analysts Portfolio highlights: BJ Services, Danaher Corporation, EMC Corporation and Hewlett Packard.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com just released its latest additions and deletions to its proprietary All Star Analyst portfolio. Members on this exclusive list include BJ Services Company BJ Services Company (NYSE: BJS) is a Fortune 500 oil and gas equipment and services company with its headquarters located in Houston, Texas. It was founded in 1872 as the Byron Jackson Company by inventor Byron Jackson. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BJS Noun 1. BJS - the agency in the Department of Justice that is the primary source of criminal justice statistics for federal and local policy makers Bureau of Justice Statistics ), Danaher Corporation The Danaher Corporation NYSE: DHR, is a large global company headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States. Its products are concentrated in the fields of design, manufacture, and marketing of industrial and consumer products. (NYSE:DHR DHR De Heer (Dutch: Mister) DHR Department of Human Resources DHR Department of Historic Resources (Virginia) DHR Dihydrorhodamine DHR Device History Record DHR Director of Human Resources ), EMC Corporation EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 manufacturer of software and systems for information management and storage. It is headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, USA. (NYSE:EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. ) and Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ HPQ Hewlett-Packard Corporation (NYSE) HPQ High Priority Queue ). View the entire list of stocks on the All Star Analyst portfolio at http://at.zacks.com/?id=510 This exclusive portfolio represents all stocks with a Strong Buy rating from at least five analysts with a 5-Star All Star ranking. These are the brokerage analysts whose stock recommendations proved to be the most profitable for investors. Since July 2002, this portfolio has generated an annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. return of 12.92%, exceeding the S&P 500 by a margin of more than 50%. Here is a synopsis of why these stocks are in the All Star Analysts Portfolio: BJ Services Company (NYSE:BJS) put together a record revenue and earnings performance in its fiscal first quarter, thanks to activity increases and price improvement in the U.S. and Canada. The company posted earnings per share of 48 cents on consolidated revenue of $956.2 million. The earning result improved from 29 cents in the year-ago quarter and beat the consensus by more than 4%. Meanwhile, consolidated revenue advanced by 30%. BJ Services continues to believe that worldwide market activity will remain strong into the foreseeable future. The company now expects fiscal 2006 consolidated revenue to increase between 20% and 25%, while earnings per share should grow 45% to 52%. Danaher Corporation (NYSE:DHR), which reaffirmed its first quarter and full-year profit guidance earlier this week, reported fourth quarter earnings of 81 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. late last month on sales of about $2.26 billion. That earnings result advanced from the previous year's 67 cents and also beat the consensus. Sales advanced 14.5% from $1.98 billion. Core revenues advanced 5.5%. For 2005, net earnings and sales rose by 21.5% and 16% respectively. Danaher stated that its record performance throughout 2005 and its strong finish to the year give it confidence in its ability to deliver excellent results in 2006. The company remains a favorite with the All Star Analysts. EMC Corporation (NYSE:EMC) remains a pick with several All Star analysts. EMC said it closed a record year with a record quarter. Fourth quarter earnings per share, excluding items, reached 17 cents per share on total consolidated revenue of $2.71 billion. The earnings result improved from 13 cents year-over-year while revenue advanced 15% from $2.36 billion. For 2005, earnings per share, excluding items, jumped 47% to 53 cents, while total consolidated revenue increased 17% to $9.66 billion from $8.23 billion. With 10 consecutive quarters of double-digit revenue growth, the company said it fully expects its momentum and level of execution to continue into 2006 and beyond. Hewlett Packard (NYSE:HPQ) said growth was balanced across most of its businesses and geographies in its fiscal first quarter, leading to a solid financial performance. Non-GAAP earnings per share of 48 cents beat the consensus by more than 9% and improved upon the year-earlier result of 37 cents. Meanwhile, net revenue rose 6% to $22.7 billion. Looking toward its fiscal second quarter, Hewlett Packard expects non-GAAP earnings per share of between 47 cents and 49 cents, which was above the consensus, on revenue between $22.4 billion and $22.6 billion. The company knows that there is more hard work in the future, but the All Stars like what Hewlett Packard has shown so far. 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