Zacks Recent Price Strength Strategy Highlights: Actions Semiconductor, Andersons, Angiodynamics and Ladish.CHICAGO -- This stock picking strategy looks for companies trading in the upper range of their 52-week highs that have attractive fundamental attributes. This strategy proves that "trend is your friend" with a 35.5% return versus 4.9% for the S&P 500 for 2005. This screen is called the Recent Price Strength Profit Track strategy. Four stocks meeting this screen's exclusive criteria are Actions Semiconductor Co. (Nasdaq:ACTS), Andersons Inc. (NASDAQ:ANDE ANDE Administracion Nacional de Electricidad ANDE Asociación Nacional de Educadores (National Association of Educators, Costa Rica) ANDE Andersonville National Historic Site (US National Park Service) ), Angiodynamics Inc. (NASDAQ:ANGO ANGO Algemene Nederlandse Gehandicapten Organisatie (Dutch: Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities) ) and Ladish Co., Inc. (Nasdaq:LDSH LDSH Lord Strathcona Horse (Royal Canadians) LDSH Latter Day Saints Hospital (Salt Lake City, UT) ). View the entire list of stocks for the Recent Price Strength Profit Track at http://at.zacks.com/?id=1863 Here are details about four companies currently identified by the Recent Price Strength Profit Track: Actions Semiconductor Co. (Nasdaq:ACTS) posted first-quarter earnings of 17 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. in late April. The result was ahead of the consensus estimate by 6%. "Our positive financial results were driven by a strong demand for our products as we continued to gain market share from our competitors. As the prices for NAND flash See flash memory. declined, increasing demand for NAND flash based devices resulted in a steady increase in demand for our products," said the C.E.O. Mr. Yeh. Actions' shares are trading near at a 52-week high and have increased in price by almost 7% over the past four weeks. Andersons Inc. (NASDAQ:ANDE), a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) company, reported first-quarter earnings of 49 cents per share, beating last year's 19 cents and exceeding the consensus estimate by over 172%. Andersons has recently been establishing new 52-week highs and has advanced in share price by 39% over the past four weeks. Angiodynamics Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGO), which is trading close to its 52-week high, released fiscal third-quarter earnings of 14 cents per share in late March. The result topped the previous year's profit of 11 cents. The company said it is excited that all of its products lines achieved strong growth and is upbeat about the future. The stock has advanced almost 6% over the past four weeks. Ladish Co., Inc. (Nasdaq:LDSH) spiked spike 1 n. 1. a. A long, thick, sharp-pointed piece of wood or metal. b. A heavy nail. 2. A spikelike part or projection, as: a. to a new 52-week high after the company reported strong first-quarter earnings. LDSH generated profits of 54 cents per share, 23 cents above expectations. Analysts followed suit by revising their forecasts for full-year earnings to $1.83 per share, from $1.46 per share. As a result, this Zacks #1 Rank stock has appreciated by more than 40% over the past four weeks. Discover all the current stocks currently on the Recent Price Strength Profit Track at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=1864 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 Outperform An analyst recommendation meaning a stock is expected to do slightly better than the market return. Notes: Exact definitions vary by brokerage, but in general this rating is better than neutral and worse than buy or strong buy. the market in the years ahead. In 2005, the Low Price Stocks strategy was the top performing Profit Track with a return of +51.9% followed by the Recent Price Strength screen with a +35.5% return. To see all nine strategies along with philosophy, past performance, and current stocks, go to http://at.zacks.com/?id=1838 All the Profit Track strategies were created and backtested using the Research Wizard software from Zacks Investment Research Zacks Investment Research A firm that compiles earnings estimates and brokerage firm investment recommendations for thousands of publicly traded firms. . If you like this screening strategy, but want to narrow down the list of stocks and even improve the performance, then you should start a free trial to this powerful stock picking tool. 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