Zacks Earnings and Margins Strategy Highlights: Commercial Metals Company, Kforce, Inc., Ladish Co., Inc. and The Manitowoc Company, Inc.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 has generated a cumulative return of +464% since January 2001. In 2005, this screen continued its winning ways with a +22.3% return. This screen is called the Earnings and Margins Profit Track strategy. Here are four stocks meeting this screen's exclusive criteria: Commercial Metals Company Commercial Metals Company NYSE: CMC is an United States based steel and metal manufacturer founded in 1915. It owns four steel minimills in Texas, Alabama, South Carolina and Arkansas, one copper minimill (Howell Metal Company) in Virginia, fabricators, and recyclers in the (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CMC (Common Messaging Calls) A programming interface specified by the XAPIA as the standard messaging API for X.400 and other messaging systems. CMC is intended to provide a common API for applications that want to become mail enabled. 1. ), Kforce, Inc. (Nasdaq:KFRC), Ladish Co., Inc. (Nasdaq:LDSH LDSH Lord Strathcona Horse (Royal Canadians) LDSH Latter Day Saints Hospital (Salt Lake City, UT) ) and The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW MTW Mission to the World (Presbyterian Church in America international mission) MTW The Manitowoc Company, Inc (Stock Symbol) MTW Medieval: Total War (computer game) ). View the entire list of stocks for the Earnings and Margins Profit Track at http://at.zacks.com/?id=1858 Here are four companies that meet the following Earnings and Margin Profit Track: Commercial Metals Company (NYSE:CMC), a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) company, generated earnings growth of nearly 110% last year over the previous year. In late March, CMC announced second-quarter earnings of $1.29 per share, improving on the year-prior result of 91 cents and exceeding the consensus estimate by over 31%. Revenues increased 3% to $1.64 billion in the quarter from $1.6 billion a year earlier. Kforce, Inc. (Nasdaq:KFRC), a provider of professional and technical specialty staffing services, has met or exceeded analysts' earnings expectations for seven consecutive quarters. The company topped the Street's estimate by 15.4% in early May when it posted first-quarter profits of 15 cents per share Cents per share The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned. . The company's EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. in the prior-year quarter amounted to eight cents. Earnings at Kforce, Inc. grew close to 62% last year compared to the year prior. Ladish Co., Inc. (Nasdaq:LDSH) meets the requirements for this Profit Track with annual earnings that were up an impressive 250% year-over-year. LDSH recently posted first-quarter earnings of 54 cents per share, surpassing the previous year's 19 cents and surpassing the consensus estimate by 74%. The company said the strong performance in the first quarter stemmed from a rebound in the airline industry and the economy as a whole. The Manitowoc Company, Inc. (NYSE:MTW), another Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) company, has seen earnings growth of 62% year-over-year. The company has topped analysts' earnings estimates in five straight quarters by an average margin of 11.8%, most recently by 11.9%. MTW recently raised its full-year 2006 earnings per share guidance. The company now expects 2006 earnings per share between $2.15 and $2.25. Discover all the current stocks currently on the Earnings and Margin Profit Track at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=1859 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. 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