All-Star Analyst Greg Cappelli Recommends the Following Stocks: EDMC, COCO and CECO.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 25, 2002 With the job market growing all the more competitive, the education industry finds itself in high demand. 5-Star CSFB CSFB Credit Suisse First Boston CSFB Cyclically Shifted Filter Bank analyst Greg Cappelli, whose recommendations returned +35% through August, can put you at the head of the class through his insight and recommendations on Education Management Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :EDMC EDMC Education Management Corporation EDMC Engineering Department Master Chief ), Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (NASDAQ:COCO Coco, river, c.466 mi (750 km) long, rising in S Honduras and flowing E into Nicaragua and then NE to the Caribbean Sea. Part of the Mosquito Coast region, and once the object of dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua, the middle and lower course forms the boundary ) and Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO CECO Council of Engineering Companies of Oregon CECO Cost Estimate Change Order CECO Center for Economic and Community Outreach CECO CENTCOM Engineer Contingency Organization CECO Concrete Engineering Company of Omaha (Ceco Concrete Construction LLC) ). http://www.allstarpicksbw.zacks.com Here are the details on Analyst Greg Cappelli's Stock Picks for today: Education Management Corporation (NASDAQ:EDMC) provides proprietary post-secondary education throughout the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Its main operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon is the Art Institutes, but one of the main reasons that Cappelli likes this company remains its diverse curriculum. EDMC offers programs in the culinary cu·li·nar·y adj. Of or relating to a kitchen or to cookery. [Latin cul  n arts, design, media arts and fashion. EDMC is one of the steadiest and most stable issues in the industry. Furthermore, EDMC acquired Argosy Education Group, Inc. last December, and Cappelli says that its integration is running very smoothly. Argosy should provide the company with additional growth opportunities in the future. Cappelli has set a 12-month price target for EDMC at $48 and expects fiscal 2003 earnings of $1.48. Corinthian Colleges, Inc. (NASDAQ:COCO) is a private, for-profit, post-secondary education company. Much like EDMC, COCO has a diverse curriculum, but its strongest point resides in a strong niche for allied heath. COCO has been an excellent growth driver, consistently outperforming the market, and should have plenty of opportunities over the next year to continue such a performance. The company has a very solid management, which has been able to execute its organic growth plan while responding quickly to important issues. Its balance sheet has shown solid improvement over the past year, which includes lowering its bad debt expense. Cappelli has set a 12-month price target on COCO at $40 and sees fiscal 2003 earnings at $1.15. Career Education Corporation (NASDAQ:CECO) provides private, for profit post-secondary education. Its diverse curriculum includes visual communication, design technologies, information technology, business studies, and culinary arts. In addition, the company has been treading treading a part of a restlessness syndrome or a neurosis in ruminants or horses; the patient repeatedly changes weight from one limb to the opposite of the pair, lifting the hoof slightly at each change; the action looks as though the patient is treading grapes to make wine. into COCO's turf by entering the rapidly growing field of allied health. The company has been growing above the average in the industry. It recently acquired Missouri College in St. Louis, which should improve its position in business and technology, provide new curricula in healthcare and enhance its reach into the St. Louis market. Cappelli has set a 12-month price target at $51, and sees earnings of $1.37 and $1.70 in 2002 and 2003 respectively. 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