Companies highlighted in this weekly wrap include Aaron Rents, Inc. (RNT), Casey's General Stores Inc. (CASY), Best Buy Co., Inc. (BBY), Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (FDO) and American Science & Engineering, Inc. (ASEI).

< ?DART(15);?> Aaron Rents, Inc. (RNT), which is scheduled to report on its first quarter later this month, continues to outpace the market, and analysts' estimates remain bullish.

A Surge in Share Price on Upbeat Projections

Shares of RNT climbed 12% since we last featured the stock as a Growth and Income pick in late March.

Wall Street has RNT's full-year 2009 earnings per share pegged at $1.81 per share, up from $1.75 over the past 3 months. For the following year, projections of $2.05 were increased from $1.90 over the past 3 months.

Earnings forecasts for the first quarter stand at 51 cents per share, up from the 3 month-ago

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

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Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Alliance One International Inc (AOI) Casey's General Stores Inc (CASY) DepoMed Inc (DEPO) FiberTower Corp (FTWR) Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) Hansen Natural Corp (HANS) Jarden Corp (JAH) Nile Therapeutics Inc (NLTX) Odyssey HealthCare Inc (ODSY) Oncolytics Biotech Inc (ONCY) PokerTek Inc (PTEK) Radio One Inc (ROIAK) StatoilHydro ASA (STO) PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (TLK) US Geothermal Inc (HTM) Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc (WPI) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

Zacks Investment Research

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Alliance One International Inc (AOI) Altair Nanotechnologies Inc (ALTI) Best Buy Co Inc (BBY) BioReference Laboratories Inc (BRLI) Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc CL 'B (CMG.B) Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) Claude Resources Inc (CGR) CNS Response Inc (CNSO) DRDGold Ltd (DROOY) Elbit Systems Ltd (ESLT) Empresas ICA SA (ICA) Ezcorp Inc (EZPW) Gander Mountain Co (GMTN) Harmony Gold Mining Co (HMY) Idera Pharmaceuticals Inc (IDRA) InterOil Corp (IOC) Metabasis Therapeutics Inc (MBRX) Nile Therapeutics Inc (NLTX) NPS Pharmaceuticals Inc (NPSP) Park National Corp (PRK) Penwest Pharmaceuticals (PPCO) PetMed Express Inc (PETS) Radio One Inc (ROIAK) Radvision Ltd (RVSN) Regis Corp (RGS) ResMed Inc (RMD) Silgan ...

Aaron Rents Inc. (RNT) was trading close to its 200-day moving average of $24.97 this morning. The Zacks#1 Rank (“Strong buy”) stock has topped the consensus estimate in all of the last 4 quarters by an average of 12.68%.

Zacks Investment Research

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Alliance One International Inc (AOI) BioReference Laboratories Inc (BRLI) Claude Resources Inc (CGR) Corus Entertainment Inc (CJR) DaVita Inc (DVA) DepoMed Inc (DEPO) Gammon Gold Inc (GRS) Jarden Corp (JAH) ManTech International Corp (MANT) Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (OREX) Pennichuck Corp (PNNW) PokerTek Inc (PTEK) Radio One Inc (ROIAK) ResMed Inc (RMD) South Jersey Industries (SJI) Tucows Inc (TCX) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

Zacks Investment Research

Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #1 Rank ("strong buy") List today:

Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Access National Corp (ANCX) Allied World Assurance Holdings Ltd (AWH) Atlantic Tele-Network Inc (ATNI) Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA (BVN) Corus Entertainment Inc (CJR) Culp Inc (CFI) Dassault Systemes SA (DASTY) DaVita Inc (DVA) DepoMed Inc (DEPO) EZCORP Inc (EZPW) Geron Corp (GERN) Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) Grupo Financiero Galicia SA (GGAL) IPCS Inc (IPCS) Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (IVN) Lundin Mining Corp (LMC) Masimo Corp (MASI) Medivation Inc (MDVN) National Grid Plc (NGG) Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc (NOVN) Oncolytics Biotech Inc (ONCY) Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (OREX) Radvision Ltd (RVSN) Santarus Inc (SNTS) Taleo Corp (TLEO) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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Companies highlighted in this weekly wrap include Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX), American Science & Engineering, Inc. (ASEI), AAON Inc. (AAON), Aaron Rents, Inc. (RNT) and NTELOS Holdings Corp. (NTLS).

< ?DART(15);?> Becton, Dickinson and Company (BDX) has seen bullish forecasts from Wall Street. Analysts are projecting earnings of $4.92 per share for the fiscal year ending September 2009, an increase of 5 cents over the past 2 months. For the following year, analysts are calling for earnings of $5.42 per share.

The company exceeded analysts' estimates over the past 4 consecutive quarters by an average of 5.4%.

Becton, Dickinson and Company is scheduled to announce fiscal second-quarter results on April 15.

Industry Recognition

BDX recently announced its first-time appearance on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Fortune 500 list of green power purchasers. The company said its purchasing green power

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Aaron Rents, Inc. (RNT) recently declared a quarterly dividend of $0.017, noting that it is payable on April 1 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on March 6. The company's yield of 0.3% is above the industry average as virtually none of RNT's competitors offer dividend income.

< ?DART(15);?> Company Description

Aaron Rents caters to the moderate-income customer, offering affordable payment plans, quality merchandise and superior service. The company is considered a pioneer in the furniture rental industry, engaging in the lease ownership, rental and retail sale of residential and office furniture, consumer electronics as well as home appliances and accessories.

RNT was founded by R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr. who has held the position of Chairman since it's inception in 1955. Aaron Rents has more than 1,585 company operated and franchised stores in the United States and Canada.

Recent Events

The company recently announced that fourth-quarter

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