Zacks Sell List Highlights: Smith A.O., Universal Forest Products, Hershey and Briggs & Stratton.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are currently members of the exclusive Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): Smith A.O. Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AOS (Alternative Operator Services) Operator services provided by a third-party organization. See operator services. 1. AOS - /aws/ (East Coast), /ay-os/ (West Coast) A PDP-10 instruction that took any memory location and added 1 to it. ) and Universal Forest Products Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : UFPI UFPI Universal Forest Products, Inc ). Further, Zacks announced #4 Rankings (Sell) on two other widely held stocks: Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY HSY Hershey Foods Corp (stock symbol) ) and Briggs & Stratton Corp. (NYSE: BGG BGG Board Game Geek (website) BGG Big Green Gathering (UK) BGG Briggs & Stratton Corporation (stock symbol) BGG Business Graphics Group ). To see the full Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now visit: http://at.zacks.com/?id=92 Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List Co Stocks to Sell Now by 129.7% annually (11.9% vs. 5.2% respectively). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid. Here is a synopsis of why AOS and UFPI have a Zacks Rank of #5 (Strong Sell) and should most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #5 Strong Sell rating is applied to 5% of all the stocks in the Zacks Rank universe: Smith A.O. Corp. (NYSE: AOS) has seen next year's earnings estimates drop 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. over the past week. The company expects residential sales to slow in the current quarter -- a trend that it said would be exacerbated by the apparent slowdown in the U.S. housing market -- and it lowered its forecast for full-year earnings to between $2.30 and $2.40 a share, down from a previous forecast of $2.30 to $2.50 a share. Universal Forest Products Inc. (NASDAQ: UFPI) has experienced a drop in analyst estimates. Earnings estimates for this year stand $3.98 per share, down 47 cents from 30 days ago. The company said its third-quarter profit and sales declined, as the lumber market weakened and a sluggish economy Sluggish Economy A state in the economy in which the growth is slow, flat or declining. The term can refer to the economy as a whole or a component of the economy, such as weak housing starts. hurt results. Here is a synopsis of why HSY and BGG have a Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) and should also most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #4 Sell rating is applied to 15% of all the stocks ranked by Zacks: Hershey Co. (NYSE: HSY) has been the target of increasing bearishness by analysts. Over the past week, next year's estimates have declined by seven cents. The new consensus estimate calls for $2.74 per share next year. The company missed third-quarter earnings due to market share losses. Briggs & Stratton Corp. (NYSE: BGG) has seen its earnings estimates drop for this year. The current-year consensus estimate of $1.61 per share is 70 cents below the forecast of a week ago. The company swung to a loss in its fiscal first quarter, hurt by weak consumer demand for lawn-care products and a mild hurricane season Hurricane season refers to a period in a year when hurricanes usually form. For more information see: Tropical cyclone#Times of formation. For a lists of past seasons, see:
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