Zacks.com Announces That Paul Tracy Highlights the Following Stock: Checkpoint Systems.CHICAGO -- Paul Tracy Paul Tracy (born December 17, 1968 in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario) is a professional automobile racer in the Champ Car World Series. He also goes by the nickname "The Thrill from West Hill". , editor of the StreetAuthority Market Advisor newsletter, says that stocks leveraged to radio frequency identification See RFID. (RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. ) should see strong growth this year. Read about Checkpoint Systems (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CKP CKP Checkpoint CKP Crankshaft Position CKP Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu (caste of Maharastra, India) CKP Chris Key Players (band) CKP Concept Knowledge Processing ). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=84 Highlights from the February 21st Featured Expert column by Paul Tracy includes: While the technology sector overall may well have trouble meeting earnings estimates throughout the latter part of 2005, stocks leveraged to radio frequency identification (RFID) are likely to see strong growth this year. RFID tags An electronic identification device that is made up of a chip and antenna. For reusable applications, it is typically embedded in a plastic housing, and for tracking shipments, it is usually part of a "smart" packaging label. allow retailers to control their inventories more effectively and save considerable time for consumers. In today's "Feature Article" Paul Tracy and his staff take a closer look at this technology and will highlight two stocks that look poised to benefit from the rapid adoption of RFID in coming years. Checkpoint Systems (NYSE:CKP) produces inventory management and theft-prevention systems for retailers. The company's electronic article surveillance See EAS. (EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) A security system for preventing theft in retail stores that uses disposable label tags or reusable hard tags attached to the merchandise. ) tags are small RFID devices that can fit onto almost any product and activate an alarm if an item is stolen. The company also makes RFID tags used to help identify items and manage inventories. CKP's advantage lies in its well-established position in the RF market, as well as the firm's unmatched relationships with many of the nation's major retailers. Tracy sees two main growth drivers for CKP in the coming years. The first is the potential for new contract wins from the likes of Wal-Mart for RFID tags and tag-tracking systems. The second is solid growth in anti-theft RF tags, an area in which CKP is already a market leader. Looking ahead to the long term, Tracy and his staff believe CKP can deliver double-digit earnings growth, giving the stock a PEG ratio PEG Ratio See: Prospective earnings growth ratio PEG ratio See price-earnings/growth ratio (PEG ratio). (P/E-to-growth) of around 1.5. That's not terribly expensive for a stock leveraged to a growing industry like RFID. Tracy also likes the fact that CKP has very little net debt and solid free cash flows. This will enable the company to extend its lead in the RFID market by spending heavily on research and development (R&D). Get Paul Tracy's extensive commentary on RFID, and learn about another company poised to benefit from its rapid adoption, by clicking: http://at.zacks.com/?id=85 About Zacks Featured Experts Successful investing requires professional advice from knowledgeable experts who can help investors achieve their financial goals in good markets and improve their portfolios, especially in bad ones. 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