Top 10 performing security stocks for September.
Top 10 Performing Security Stocks for September
% Stock
Company/Symbol Increase Price Analysis
Smith & Wesson Holding 40% $13.88 Smith & Wesson posted record
SWHC 1Q results of revenue of $47.6
million, up 49 percent, and
net income of $3.4 million up
25 percent.
Implant Sciences Corp. 34% $3.45 Implant Sciences received a
IMX $3.6 million U.S. Army
contract for explosives-
detection systems following a
2006 fiscal year with revenue
up 115 percent.
Force Protection 32% $8.37 Force Protection is up more
FRPT.OB than tenfold during the past
year. The company recently
reported record 2Q sales of
$56 million in and a net
profit of $1.2 million for the
same period.
LaserCard Corp. 31% $13.04 LaserCard recently announced
LCRD receipt of a $1.2 million
order, its third of ten
anticipated orders under a
subcontract valued at
approximately $11 million, for
the LaserCard optical memory-
based national ID card project
in a Middle Eastern country.
Eastern Company 28% $28.00 Stock jumped over $3 the day
EML after the electronic and
mechanical lock manufacturer
announced a 3 for 2 stock
split on August 28th.
ImageWare Systems 24% $1.96 IW announced that it was
IW selected by GE Security to
deliver biometric identity
management for the Picture
Perfect UNIX-based enterprise
access control and security
management system.
Network Engines Inc. 20% $2.12 Network Engines announced it
NENG was named one of New England's
fastest growing technology
companies in Deloitte's
Technology Fast 50 Program.
Xenonics Holdings 17% $1.70 Illumination products
XNN manufacturer announced that
the company has received two
purchase orders from the
Defense Logistics Agency for
more than $2 million.
Synergx Systems Inc. 17% $1.58 Security/life-safety-system
SYNX manufacturer secured a new
order for approximately $2.5
million to provide various
electronic systems in lower
Manhattan for the New York
City Transit Authority.
Optelecom-NKF Inc. 17% $10.33 Optelecom announced that the
OPTC Beijing Metro System has
selected its technology for a
video surveillance and
communication system as part
of renovations ahead of 2008
Olympic Games.
List excludes stocks valued below $1 or whose revenue is not derived
primarily from security.
Data and analysis provided by SecurityStockWatch.com Publishers of
Investment Guide to Security Stocks[c]
Chart: Mike Moran
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