Zacks Return On Equity Strategy highlights: AMN Healthcare Services, General Cable Corp., Commercial Metals Co. and Global Partners LP.

CHICAGO -- One of the quickest ways to gauge whether a company is creating assets or gobbling up investor's cash is to look at their Return On Equity (ROE). The fast moving ROE Profit Track screening strategy from Zacks.com has generated an impressive return of +19.1% in 2005. In the first five months of 2006, it continued to outperform the S&P 500, returning 18.5% versus the S&P 500 rise of 5.0%. Four stocks meeting this screen's exclusive criteria are AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS), General Cable Corp. (NYSE: BGC), Commercial Metals Co. (NYSE: CMC) and Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP). View the entire list of stocks for the ROE Profit Track at http://at.zacks.com/?id=1853

Here are details about four companies currently identified by the ROE Profit Track:

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS), which has a ROE of 15.32 and a price to sales ratio of 0.94, announced third-quarter earnings of 28 cents per share in early November. The result topped the consensus estimate by approximately 27% and outpaced last year's result. The company also increased its earnings per share guidance for the full-year 2006 to a range of 94 cents to 96 cents. Analysts have been raising estimates as well. Current forecasts of 95 cents per share are 9% above two months-ago levels.

General Cable Corp. (NYSE: BGC) posted third-quarter earnings of 71 cents per share in late October. The result eclipsed the consensus estimate by 29% and improved on the year-ago total. BGC noted that it expects earnings per share of between 55 cents and 60 cents per share for the fourth quarter. Analysts are in agreement as evidenced by current estimates of 59 cents, an increase of two cents over the past 60 trading days. BGC's ROE stands at 36.61 and its price to sales ratio is 0.68.

Commercial Metals Co. (NYSE: CMC) meets the criteria for this Profit Track with a ROE of 32.11 and a price to sales ratio of 0.46. The company will release financial result for the fiscal first quarter on December 21, 2006. In late October, the company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.04 per share, which beat the consensus estimate of 73 cents and surpassed the year-prior 69 cents.

Global Partners LP (NYSE: GLP) released third-quarter results in early November. Earnings per share totaled 59 cents, jumping ahead of Wall Street estimates by 11% and outperforming the previous year's 44 cents per share. The company mentioned that its outstanding global team delivered record earnings. GLP offers a ROE of 42.72 and a low price to sales ratio of 0.03, which makes it an appealing value investment.

Discover all the current stocks currently on the ROE Profit Track at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=1854

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. For the first five months of 2006, the Low Price Stocks strategy was the top performing Profit Track with a return of +22.2% followed by the Discounted Fundamental screen with a +18.6% 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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