Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks Features Keyspan Energy, RadioShack, Intuit, Constellation Brands, and Dell.

CINCINNATI -- Among the stocks featured in the February 17 edition of Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks are Keyspan Energy (NYSE:KSE), RadioShack (NYSE:RSH), Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU), Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ), and Dell (NASDAQ:DELL). Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks is just one of the many free market commentaries written everyday at www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer's Investment Research. For additional information about this report or to have it delivered to you free via email every day click on the following link. http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PRSHS12M&PAGE=1.

Schaeffer's S&P 500 Index Hot Stocks for Friday, February 17, 2006:

A daily feature available on SchaeffersResearch.com is the "SPX Hot Stocks" column. Each afternoon, we will provide a list of the day's top-20 performing stocks in the S&P 500 Index (SPX - 1,289.31) as well as the bottom-20 names. Featured along with this table will be news that is moving some of the securities.

NOTE: Stocks trading under $5 per share have been eliminated from this listing of the top-20 and bottom-20 performing stocks.

Wall Street traders are beginning to pack it in ahead of the extended weekend, and the market has little to show for it. As we move toward the final two hours of trading, the SPX is hovering just below breakeven, with roughly half the index's 500 components in positive territory.

Leading off our outperforming stocks for the day is electricity and natural gas provider KeySpan (NYSE:KSE). According to The New York Times, the company is up for sale and has already attracted offers of more than $6.5 billion. Among the front runners in the bidding war for KSE are Consolidated Edison (ED) and National Grid (NGG), though both companies have declined to comment on the deal. So far today, KSE has surged more than 10 percent and broken through former resistance/support in the 40 area.

Despite the usual upside movers, the news for the declining contingent for today's list was much more interesting. RadioShack (NYSE:RSH) was among the hardest hit, declining more than eight percent after posting a drop in fourth-quarter net income. Net income fell to $49.5 million, or 36 cents per share. Excluding an accounting change, fourth-quarter earnings arrived at 38 cents per share, well short of the consensus view of 67 cents per share. RSH also announced a restructuring plan, which will replace old, slower-moving merchandise with new, faster- moving merchandise within higher growth categories. What's more, the company said that it will close 400 to 700 company-operated stores and expand its kiosk business.

Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) reported after the close last night that second-quarter net profit rose to $184.9 million, or $1.02 per share, from $147.3 million, or 77 cents per share, a year earlier. Excluding one-time items, the firm's profit would have come in at 97 cents per share, topping the Street's per-share view by two cents. The company also raised its profit outlook for the current year and lifted the low-end of its revenue forecast. However, expectations were apparently much higher for the report, as INTU was last seen lower by more than eight percent.

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) dropped more than seven percent after CEO Stephen Millar announced that he is retiring as of February 28. The company also reported that its worldwide wines business is reorganizing. STZ sees $55 million in pretax restructuring charges. For 2007, the firm is looking for sales growth of six to eight percent, and operating income of $778 million to $808 million, or $1.58 to $1.66 per share. STZ added that it has approved a $100 million share buyback.

Finally, Dell (NASDAQ:DELL) announced that it raked in a fourth-quarter profit of $1.01 billion, or 43 cents per share, up from $667 million, or 26 cents per share, for the same period last year. Sales during the three-month period spiked 13 percent to $15.18 billion, helped by a quarter that was one week longer than a year ago. Analysts had predicted earnings of 41 cents per share on revenue of $14.8 billion. The shares have plunged more than three percent on the news.

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