Zacks Earnings and Margins Strategy Highlights: Allied Healthcare Int'l, Image Sensing Systems, Thomas & Betts, and UICI.

CHICAGO -- Earnings are the single most important metric for a company. Combine that with a healthy Net Profit Margin and you find a screen that generated an incredible +103% return in 2003 and +11.1% in 2004. This screen is called the Earnings and Margins Profit Track strategy. Here are four stocks meeting this screen's exclusive criteria as of June 22, 2005: Allied Healthcare International, Inc. (NASDAQ:AHCI), Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISNS), Thomas & Betts Corp. (NYSE:TNB), and UICI (NYSE:UCI). View the entire list of stocks for the Earnings and Margins Profit Track at http://at.zacks.com/?id=1858

E[acute accent]Here are four companies that meet the following Earnings and Margin Profit Track:

E[acute accent]Allied Healthcare International, Inc. (NASDAQ:AHCI) announced fiscal second-quarter earnings of 11 cents per share in early May, surpassing the consensus estimate by about 10% and exceeding last year's seven cents. Revenues climbed 13.3% to $90.8 million from last year's $80.2 million. In addition to having a successful quarter, the earnings for company's most recently completed year grew almost 18% above the year prior. E[acute accent]Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISNS) is a profitable company as demonstrated by its net margin of 81%. In late April, the company reported first-quarter earnings of 10 cents per share, improving on last year's nine cents. ISNS mentioned that this is the twelfth consecutive quarter with net income exceeding the previous year's result. The company also stated that first quarter growth in earnings reflects continued solid performance in the North American market. Growth seems to be theme with ISNS as it sported about 20% growth in earnings last year when compared to the year prior. E[acute accent]Thomas & Betts Corp. (NYSE:TNB), a leading manufacturer of connectors and components for worldwide electrical and electronics markets, released its first-quarter report in late April. Earnings per share of 40 cents outpaced last year's first-quarter earnings of 27 cents and topped the consensus estimate by approximately 14%. The company noted that first quarter results reflect improved year-over-year performance in all of its segments. TNB also experienced year-over-year improvement in earnings growth with its most recently completed year growing almost 127% above the prior year. E[acute accent]UICI (NYSE:UCI), a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stock, grew an impressive 142% last year over the previous year. In late April, the company posted first-quarter earnings of $1.11, eclipsing last year's 68 cents and jumping ahead of the consensus estimate by almost 41%. Revenues grew from last year's first quarter of $494.7 million to $536.0 million. UCI said that first quarter results from continuing operations benefited from the strong performance of its Self-Employed Agency ("SEA") Division and improved results at its other business units.

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