Zacks' Discount Fundamental Strength Strategy Highlights: Barrett Business Services, United America Indemnity, Ltd, Tesoro Corp. and Western Digital Corp.

CHICAGO -- Combining strong underlying fundamentals with low valuations can lower risk and increase portfolio returns. Zacks' Discounted Fundamental Strength Profit Track strategy has generated double-digit returns for six consecutive years, including a 34% gain in 2006. For the first month of 2007, this Profit Track returned 7.3%. Four stocks that currently have both fundamental strength and discounted valuations are Barrett Business Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBSI), United America Indemnity, Ltd (Nasdaq: INDM), Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) and Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC). View the entire list of stocks for the Discounted Fundamental Strength Profit Track at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2142.

Here are details about four companies currently identified by the Discounted Fundamental Strength Profit Track:

Barrett Business Services, Inc. (Nasdaq: BBSI) offers a PEG ratio of 0.84. The company has no debt and its current ratio stands at 2.30. In early February, Barrett Business Services announced fourth-quarter earnings of 45 cents per share. The result matched the consensus estimate and surpassed the previous year's 37 cents. The company mentioned that it is pleased with another strong quarter and surpassing the $1 billion milestone in gross revenues for 2006.

United America Indemnity, Ltd (Nasdaq: INDM) reported fourth-quarter earnings of 79 cents per share in early February. The result exceeded analysts' estimates by 39% and topped the year-ago total. INDM delivered quarterly earnings per share that were ahead of Wall Street forecasts four times out of the past five quarters. The company satisfies the criteria of this Profit Track with a PEG ratio of 0.81 and a price/sales multiple of 0.91.

Tesoro Corp. (NYSE: TSO) has a current ratio of 1.68 and a debt/equity level of 0.41. In late January, the company posted record fourth-quarter earnings of $2.28 per share. The result beat the consensus estimate by 32% and outperformed the year-prior result. The company stated that its knowledge and experience in optimizing its system continues to develop and its decisions around crude oil purchasing and clean product management are significantly improving earnings.

Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) released fiscal second-quarter earnings of 57 cents per share, eclipsing the year-ago total of 47 cents per share and outpacing the consensus estimate by 10%. The company said second-quarter results are linked directly to the significant investments in technology and global infrastructure that WDC has made over the last several years, both in traditional computing markets and in the newer consumer electronics markets for hard drives. The company' debt/equity level is 0.01 and its current ratio stands at 1.77.

Discover all the current stocks currently on the Discounted Fundamental Strength Profit Track at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2143.

About Profit Tracks

What is a "Profit Track"? Each Profit Track is a successful stock picking strategy with proven results through the Bear Market of 2001-2002 and the Bull run started in 2003. On Zacks.com we have created these nine unique screens to offer investors great strategies to potentially outperform the market in the years ahead. In 2006, the Low Price Stocks strategy was the top performing Profit Track with a return of +56.5% followed by the Discounted Fundamental screen with a +34% return. To see all nine strategies along with philosophy, past performance and current stocks, go to http://at.zacks.com/?id=1838

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