Here are the stocks added to the Zacks #5 Rank ("strong sell") List today:

Animal Health International Inc (AHII) Benihana Inc (BNHNA) BT Group Plc (BT) Carnival Plc (CUK) Cummins Inc (CMI) Delta Natural Gas Company Inc (DGAS) Dover Motorsports Inc (DVD) Eagle Materials Inc (EXP) Entertainment Properties Trust (EPR) Esterline Technologies Corp (ESL) First Advantage Corp (FADV) First State Bancorp NM (FSNM) FirstEnergy Corp (FE) FirstService Corp (FSRV) Gerber Scientific Inc (GRB) GlobalOptions Group Inc (GLOI) HEICO Corp (HEI) ING Groep NV (ING) Limco-Piedmont Inc (LIMC) Lodgian Inc (LGN) Mack-Cali Realty Corp (CLI) Nalco Holding Co (NLC) National Retail Properties Inc (NNN) Pitney Bowes Inc (PBI) Prospect Capital Corp (PSEC) Pulte Homes Inc (PHM) RBC Bearings Inc (ROLL) Republic Airways Holdings ...

For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – March 26, 2009 - Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Carnival Corp (CUK), Carnival plc (CCL), Actel Corporation (ACTL), QuickLogic (QUIK) and GameStop Corp. (GME).

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Here are highlights from Wednesday's Analyst Blog:

Carnival Cuts Prices to Fill Ships

Carnival Corporation and plc (CUK, CCL) is keeping its cruise ships full, but only by significantly cutting prices. While this is great news for consumers looking for a vacation deal, the moves will likely put pressure on

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Highlights include Carnival Corporation (CUK), Carnival plc (CUK) and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCL).Carnival Corporation and plc (CUK, CCL) is keeping its cruise ships full, but only by significantly cutting prices. While this is great news for consumers looking for a vacation deal, the moves will likely put pressure on revenues and margins going forward.The company reported first quarter results that exceeded Street estimates yesterday. However, Carnival lowered its full-year outlook as pressures from the economic recession continue to impact the company's business.Although the 1st-quarter results were impressive given the economic environment, investors are far more concerned with the outlook going forward. To that end, management stated that booking trends remain strong, and are actually up year-over-year.This strength in bookings is somewhat deceptive, however, as the company has been required to substantially reduce its prices. Management ...

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As a single economic entity, Carnival Corporation (CCL) & Carnival, Plc (CUK) is the largest cruise operator in the world. Carnival's cruise ships offer various itineraries to passengers worldwide under leading cruise brands.We maintain our Hold rating for Carnival Corporation following the release of Q4 financial results. Given our expectation for continuing margin pressures and potential demand weakness, we do not feel that material price appreciation is warranted at this time.While the recent pullback in the price of fuel should provide some relief, a great deal of uncertainty remains heading into fiscal 2009. The recent dividend suspension has afforded Carnival increased financial flexibility, however. Our six-month target price of $22.50 is based on a multiple of 8.5x expected 2009 earnings.Read the full analyst report on CCLRead the full analyst report on CUK ...

We maintain our Hold rating for Carnival Corporation (CCL) and Carnival Plc (CUK) following the release of Q3 financial results. We expect Carnival to continue to trade at a premium to its largest competitor over the near-term. As a single economic entity, Carnival Corporation & Carnival Plc is the largest cruise operator in the world.

However, given our expectation for continuing margin pressures, especially related to significantly higher fuel expenses, we do not feel that material price appreciation is warranted at this time. While the recent pullback in the price of fuel should provide some relief, we note that costs remain significantly higher on a year-over-year basis.

Carnival has historically traded at a premium to Royal Caribbean (RCL), based on forward price-to-earnings multiples. This relationship still holds, based on current prices and our forward twelve-month EPS estimates for both companies. While Carnival Corporation is trading at 14.0x estimated

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