Zacks.com Announces That Richard Moroney Highlights the Following Stocks: Corus Bankshares, Eagle Materials, J2 Global Communications and Secure Computing.CHICAGO -- Richard Moroney says Wall Street's willingness to pay Willingness to pay (WTP) generally refers to the value of a good to a person as what they are willing to pay, sacrifice or exchange for it. See also
CORS Corners (street type) CORS Continuously Operating Reference Station CORS Canadian Operational Research Society ), Eagle Materials (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : EXP), J2 Global Communications j2 Global Communications (Nasdaq:JCOM) is a company based in Hollywood, California that offers messaging and communications services. Its most popular service is called "eFax", which allows users to send and receive faxes via the Internet. j2 was previously called JFAX. (Nasdaq: JCOM JCOM Journal of Clinical Outcomes Management ) and Secure Computing For the general concept, see . Secure Computing Corporation, or SCC, is a public company (NASDAQ: SCUR) that develops and sells computer security products, such as:
Highlights from the March 31 Featured Expert column by Richard Moroney include: Moroney's Four of Eight High-Quality Picks: Despite three years of strong share-price and operating performance, Corus Bankshares (Nasdaq: CORS) is cheaper than about 93% of U.S. stocks based on its Quadrix Value score. The modest valuation reflects worries about exposure to the condominium market, but Corus has a good record of making prudent loans. 2005 was its sixth consecutive year with no commercial real-estate loan charge-offs, and the amount of non-performing loans was negligible. Corus has 11 branches in the Chicago metro area This article is about the music production team. For the article about population centers, see metropolitan area. Metro Area are a Brooklyn-based dance music production team composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. and provides construction and development loans for commercial real-estate projects in major markets across the country, with a target loan size of $20 million to $150 million. Eagle Materials (NYSE: EXP), a maker of wallboard and cement, is vulnerable to a slowdown in the demand for building materials Building materials used in the construction industry to create . These categories of materials and products are used by and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for . . But the company's operations have delivered double-digit annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. growth in sales and profits over the past 10 years, and tight industry capacity suggests healthy growth should continue over the next 18 to 24 months. U.S. demand for wallboard is outstripping supply, allowing Eagle to raise prices -- including a 10% to 12% hike announced in March. J2 Global Communications (Nasdaq: JCOM) provides fax-messaging services, allowing users to receive and send faxes by computer. The company has delivered strong growth, fueled by rapid international expansion, new services, solid pricing, and robust subscriber growth. J2 scores an impressive 91 for Quadrix Overall, with high Quality (97) and Financial Strength (98) scores. The company boasts strong cash-flow momentum. Trailing 12-month cash flow is $64 million, up 26% from the year-earlier period. Secure Computing (Nasdaq: SCUR), a leading provider of computer- and network protection solutions, is benefiting from healthy order growth and product launches. December-quarter earnings per share were $0.17, up 42%. Sales rose 18%. New orders increased 33% from the year-earlier period and 21% from the September quarter. In 2005, per-share earnings surged 68%, on top of a 36% increase in 2004. Over the last three years, sales have increased at an 18% annual rate. Read Richard Moroney's commentary regarding opportunities for value-minded investors and discover more high-quality stocks 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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