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Yum! Brands – Growth And Income – Zacks Rank Buy

Source: http://www.zacks.com/commentary/10383/Yum%21+Brands+-+Growth+And+Income+-+Zacks+Rank+Buy
Posted on Monday, March 23rd, 2009 | In Stocks to Watch

Contributed by: Alex Kolb (http://www.zacks.com/) -

Companies highlighted in this weekly wrap include Yum! Brands (YUM), Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY), Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. (CPSI), Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. (CPSI) and NTELOS Holdings Corp. (NTLS).

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Yum! Brands (YUM) has been trading higher since it was last featured as a Growth and Income pick. The company has a solid track record and strong fundamentals, including an industry-leading dividend yield of 3%.

Rewarding Shareholders with Solid Income

YUM continues pay shareholder through its share repurchase program and its quarterly dividend. The company is a dividend leader among its industry peers, offering a dividend yield 3% and nearly quadrupling its quarterly dividend since the initiation of dividends in May 2004.

Read our Mar 11, 2009 commentary on YUM.

Last Week’s Growth and Income Zacks Rank Buy Stocks

Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has fared better than the market recently on strong fundamentals, which include an industry-leading return on equity (ROE) and profit margin. Shares soared 20% over the past 6 months. Read the full analysis on ADM.

Best Buy Co. Inc. (BBY) is watching analysts boost earnings estimates as its share price outperforms the major averages. The company’s earnings, on average, came in 7% ahead of analysts’ expectations over the past 4 quarters in a row. Read the full analysis on BBY.

Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. (CPSI) closed just $1 below a 52-week high on Tuesday. Shares have been soaring as analysts hike earnings estimates. Wall Street sees earnings growth of 12% in 2009 and 15% in 2010. Read the full analysis on CPSI.

NTELOS Holdings Corp. (NTLS) is seeing upbeat forecasts from analysts on solid fourth-quarter and full-year results. The current consensus estimate for 2009 earnings of $1.56 per share is 1% above last month’s projection and 11% higher than the level of 2 months ago. Read the full analysis on NTLS.

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