All Star Analysts Portfolio highlights: ENSCO Int'l, Host Hotels & Resorts, Marriott Int'l and McDermott Int'l.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com just released its latest additions and deletions to its proprietary All Star Analyst portfolio. Members on this exclusive list include ENSCO International ENSCO International is the largest offshore Jack-Up Oil and Gas well drilling corporation [1], with 50 offshore Jack-Up and 5 Semi-submersible drilling rig's servicing domestic US, international, and Scientific drilling markets. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ESV ESV end-systolic volume. ), Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: HST (1) See Hubble Space Telescope. (2) An earlier asymmetrical modem protocol from U.S. Robotics that included error control and compression and transmits from 4800 to 14400 bps in one direction and from 300 to 400 bps in the other. ), Marriott International Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR) is a worldwide operator and franchisor of a range of value and luxury hotels and related lodging facilities. Marriott currently has 2,300 accommodation properties in North America alone. , Inc. (NYSE: MAR) and McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR MDR, n See multidrug resistance. MDR, n the abbreviation for minimum daily requirement, specifically the Minimum Daily Requirements for Specific Nutrients compiled by the United States Food and Drug Administration. ). 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 four 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 7.53%. Here is a synopsis of why these stocks are in the All Star Analysts Portfolio: ENSCO International Inc. (NYSE: ESV) announced a solid first-quarter performance in April, which included revenues that increased 35% to $514.1 million. Earnings per share improved year over year as well, while also eclipsing the consensus. ENSCO stated that jackup day rates increased in all major markets during the quarter. The offshore driller remains one of the All Stars' favorite names in its industry and is expecting another record year in 2007. Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: HST) remains a fixture on the All Star Analyst Portfolio. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Zacks Research Digest, analysts appreciate the company's exposure to big convention hotels, strong balance sheet, increasing dividend rate, strong management team and improving geographic footprint. Host Hotels & Resorts will report its second-quarter results on Jul 18. For its first quarter, the lodging real estate investment trust announced funds from operations Funds From Operations (FFO) Used by real estate and other investment trusts to define the cash flow from trust operations; earnings with depreciation and amortization added back. of 30 cents, which topped the consensus by approximately 3.5%. Furthermore, contributions from its Starwood portfolio helped total revenue advance year over year to $1.04 billion. Marriott International, Inc. (NYSE: MAR), which remains one of the All Stars' favorite names in the hotels industry, is scheduled to report its second-quarter results on July 12. In the first quarter, Marriott announced earnings per share from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the of 40 cents, which topped the consensus by approximately 5.3%. In the year-ago quarter, the company earned 38 cents. Revenues advanced 7% year over year to $2.9 billion. According to Zacks Research Digest, analysts like Marriott's differentiated business model, strong portfolio of brands and its robust pipeline of unit growth. McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR), a worldwide energy services company, announced earlier this month an agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets of Secunda International Ltd. for approximately $260 million. The purchase includes 14 harsh-weather, multi-functioned vessels. McDermott is a Zacks #1 Rank company with earnings estimates for this year that have improved 34% over the past two months and 2.4% in the past 30 days. For its first quarter, earnings per share topped the consensus by almost 83% while revenues advanced to $1.36 billion from $644.9 million year over year. Discover all the current All Star Analyst rankings and top analyst recommendations at http://at.zacks.com/?id=511 About Zacks All Star Analyst Survey To learn which brokerage analysts are the best in their field and what stocks they're recommending today, see the Zacks All Star Analyst survey. This exclusive survey, created with Fortune Magazine, reveals the "Best-of-Breed" brokerage analysts. They are the select group of winners from the universe of brokerage analysts - the ones who consistently beat the street - the few you should be following now. 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