Schaeffer's Top and Bottom Ranked Stocks Features KB Home, Intel, PetroKazakhstan, and Tribune.

CINCINNATI -- Among the stocks featured in the May 24 edition of Schaeffer's Top and Bottom Ranked Stocks are KB Home (NYSE:KBH), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), PetroKazakhstan (NYSE:PKZ), and Tribune (NYSE:TRB). Schaeffer's Top and Bottom Ranked Stocks screener is just one of the many features written everyday at http://www.SchaeffersResearch.com - the home of Bernie Schaeffer and Schaeffer's Investment Research. The information used to compile this commentary is derived from the Schaeffer's Equity Scorecard Filter. Below is a quick overview of some of the heavy hitters that are seeing some particularly high or low rankings. For a complete list of the stocks on our High/Low Schaeffer's Equity Scorecard Filter, sign up for an unlimited access free trial to Schaeffer's Gold. http://www.SchaeffersResearch.com/redirect.aspx?CODE=PRGLD3M&PAGE=1 .

Schaeffer's Top and Bottom Ranked Stocks for Tuesday, May 24, 2005:

KB Home - Ranking 8.0

KB Home (NYSE:KBH) is a top U.S. homebuilder, with an average home price of $206,500. KBH has been a proven outperformer for nearly a year, rallying solidly higher since last August. Recently, the stock has rebounded back above support from its 10-week and 20-week moving averages. KBH shares have also overcome potential support near the 63 mark, site of the equity's March peak. With all of the fear setting in over a possible "housing bubble," KBH and its peers have been treated of late like they are haunted. The stock's SOIR has spiked up over the past few weeks and now stands at 1.68, just two percent shy of an annual peak. Additionally, short interest surged 11 percent during the latest reporting period to 9.93 million, or the highest reading since April 2003. More than 12.5 percent of the stock's float is now sold short, and it would take about a week for these positions to be eradicated, should the short sellers grow tired of watching their positions lose value. Only Wall Street is supportive of KBH, and even the analyst community has its share of skeptics. Of the 11 analysts following KBH, seven have named it a "buy" or better, leaving three "holds" and one "sell" rating. Thanks to solid price action and a historically loft SOIR, KBH has earned a Scorecard grade of 8.0.

Click on the following link to see the Weekly Chart of KBH since July 2004 with 10-Week and 20-Week Moving Averages: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=13260 .

Intel - Ranking 8.0

Chip-leader Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) was the focus of some chatter yesterday, as a Wall Street Journal article reported that INTC could be in talks with Apple Computer (AAPL), the end result of which could be INTC technology in the Macintosh line. Outpacing many of its large-cap technology peers, INTC has rallied 22 percent since April 15, moving sharply higher along support from its 10-day moving average. The stock has easily traversed above the 25.50 level, which battered the shares lower in early March. While the shares have been spiking higher, the SOIR for INTC has also maintained an upward trajectory, rallying since late April in a counter-intuitive fashion. This sentiment indicator is now at an annual high of 0.79, pointing to an extreme in bearish sentiment among the speculative crowd and helping boost the stock's Schaeffer's Equity Scorecard grade to 8.0. The analyst community is fairly supportive on INTC, with 19 "buy" or "strong buy" ratings on the semiconductor giant. There remain 12 "hold" ratings on the equity, however, along with one outright "sell," leaving ample upgrade potential.

Click on the following link to see the Daily Chart of INTC since February 2005 with 10-Day and 20-Day Moving Averages: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=13260 .

PetroKazakhstan - Ranking 2.5

PetroKazakhstan (NYSE:PKZ) is in the news today after Russia's leading oil company, Lukoil, has filed a petition with the Kazakh court system to invalidate provisions related to a prior agreement regarding the Kumkol-Dzhusaly pipeline. PKZ officials believe this move is to require Turgai Petroleum, a joint venture between PKZ and Lukoil, to exit the pipeline consortium without any recompense. While shares of the Canadian oil-and-gas company popped higher out of the gate, PKZ was quickly rebuffed by its overhead 10-day moving average. The stock has been stumbling lower since late February, surrendering 46 percent of its value over the past few months. In April, PKZ closed beneath its 20-month moving average for the first time since November 1999. Despite this dubious technical achievement, options players continue to bet on a bottom in the shares. Schaeffer's put/call open interest ratio (SOIR) for PKZ has been declining steadily since late March, and now weighs in at 0.50, in the 10th annual percentile. Short sellers are trying to capture some gains on this downsloping issue. During the latest reporting period, PKZ shorts grew by 273 percent to 1.29 million. Nevertheless, the short-interest ratio hovers just above one day to cover, offering little from a short-covering perspective. With a downtrend still intact and little good news from a sentiment perspective, PKZ is currently saddled with a Schaeffer's Equity Scorecard rating of 2.5.

Click on the following link to see the Daily Chart of PKZ since February 2005 with 10-Day and 20-Day Moving Averages: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=13260 .

Tribune - Ranking 3.0

Hoover's reports that Tribune (NYSE:TRB) owns 14 daily newspapers, including the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. TRB also owns 25 television stations, the WGN cable network, a 22-percent stage in the WB Television Network, and the Chicago Cubs baseball team. TRB has been a little worse for wear of late, and not just because the Cubbies' "June Swoon" is just over the hill. Since February 2004, TRB has been in decline mode, losing about one-third of its value. Stifled beneath its 10-month and 20-month moving averages, which completed a bearish crossover last summer, the stock is now perched near a three-year low. Despite this move, optimism can still be detected, contributing to the equity's Score of 3.0. The SOIR for TRB has fallen to a three-month low of 1.54, which ranks lower than 76 percent of the past year's worth of readings. Analysts still supply eight "buy" ratings on the equity, compared to just five "holds" and an absolute dearth of "sell" ratings. And while short interest grew by 55 percent over the past month, the stock's short-interest ratio of 3.45 days to cover is not awe-inspiring.

Click on the following link to see the Monthly Chart of TRB since September 2001 with 10-Month and 20-Month Moving Averages: http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/wire?ID=13260 .

The Schaeffer's Equity Scorecard enables its users to evaluate any of almost 2,000 stocks in terms of 10 powerful sentiment, technical, and fundamental indicators. The scorecard, which utilizes a proprietary ranking system, also provides a weighed average composite score that can be used to grade equities in a clear and concise manner. A ranking greater than five indicates a potentially bullish (long) trading opportunity, as this security is exhibiting signs of technical strength against a backdrop of heavy investor skepticism. On the other hand, readings below five represent a potential bearish (short) trading opportunity, as these equities lag the market, yet investors maintain high hopes for the stock.

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