Zacks Upgrades and Revisions Strategy highlights: American Physicians Capital, CompuCredit Corp., Cantel Medical Corp. and Florida Rock Industries.CHICAGO -- Earnings estimate revisions are the most powerful force impacting stock prices. Couple that with the proven benefits of upgrades in ratings from brokerage firms and you have a strategy that delivered a +55.7% return in 2004. In 2005, the Upgrades and Revisions Profit Track continued its trend of delivering double-digit returns by returning 27% compared to the S&P 500 return of 4.9%. Four stocks meeting this screen's exclusive criteria are: American Physicians Capital, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAP (Application Configuration Access Protocol) A protocol for storing configuration information in a central server. It is designed to enhance e-mail functions for remote users by providing a central location for personal address books and client application ), CompuCredit Corp. (Nasdaq: CCRT CCRT Core Conflictual Relationship Theme CCRT Conseil Canadien de la Réadaptation et du Travail (Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work) CCRT Cape Cod Rail Trail (Massachusetts, USA) ), Cantel Medical Corp. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CMN CMN Common CMN Children's Miracle Network (since 1983; Salt Lake City, Utah) CMN Certificate of Medical Necessity CMN Canadian Museum of Nature CMN Community Mapping Network CMN Common Information ) and Florida Rock Industries, Inc. (NYSE: FRK FRK Fork (street type) Frk Fröken (Swedish: Unmarried Woman) FRK Forskolin ). View the entire list of stocks for the Upgrades and Revisions Profit Track at http://at.zacks.com/?id=1844 Here are details on four companies currently identified by the Upgrades and Revisions Profit Track: American Physicians Capital, Inc. (Nasdaq: ACAP) is a holding company for several entities, including both insurance and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. companies. The company delivered earnings per share growth of 266% over the past five years. In late April, ACAP posted first-quarter earnings of $1.05 per share. The result topped the consensus estimate by about 19% and outperformed the year-ago total. CompuCredit Corp. (Nasdaq: CCRT) announced first-quarter managed earnings of $1.09 per share in early May. The result outperformed the consensus estimate by roughly 18% and beat the year-ago total. The company commented that it delivered excellent results in the first quarter with high return on assets Return on assets (ROA) Indicator of profitability. Determined by dividing net income for the past 12 months by total average assets. Result is shown as a percentage. ROA can be decomposed into return on sales (net income/sales) multiplied by asset utilization (sales/assets). , historically low losses, and strong new customer account growth. CCRT has experienced earnings growth of 49% during the past five years. Cantel Medical Corp. (NYSE: CMN) has seen earnings per share growth of 22% during the past five years. The company recently reported fiscal third-quarter earnings or 28 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. , eclipsing the consensus estimate by 12% and surpassing the previous year's 23 cents. Sales advanced 29% year-over-year. Cantel Medical Corp. is a healthcare company concentrating primarily in infection prevention and control products. Florida Rock Industries, Inc. (NYSE: FRK), a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) company, released fiscal second-quarter earnings of 86 cents per share in late April. The result outpaced analysts' expectations by nearly 39% and improved year-over-year. The company said its quarterly results benefited from improved weather, pricing and demand in substantially all of its markets. FRK satisfies the criteria for this Profit Track as evidenced by its earnings per share growth of 27% over the past five years. Discover all the current stocks currently on the Upgrades and Revisions Profit Track at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=1869 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. 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