Companies highlighted in this weekly wrap include Comfort Systems USA, Inc. ( FIX), Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (CHD), Shenandoah Telecommunications Co. (SHEN), Allied World Assurance Company Holdings Ltd. (AWH) and Perrigo Co. (PRGO).

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Comfort Systems USA, Inc. ( FIX) traded ahead of the Dow Jones ($DJI), S&P 500 (SPX) and NASDAQ (COMP) during the past year. The company offers solid fundamentals, including very low levels of debt as evidenced by a debt-to-capital ratio of just 4%.

Recent Events

In mid-November, the company increased its stock repurchase program to increase the shares authorized and remaining as available to purchase back up to 1,000,000 shares. Comfort Systems can acquire up to 964,316 additional shares of its outstanding common stock.

Quarterly Results Reflect Growth

In late October, the company reported third-quarter results. Earnings per share of 34 cents came in above

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L-3 Communications (LLL), a Zacks #1 Rank company, has been consistently outperforming the Dow Jones ($DJI), S&P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) amid recent turmoil and over the long-term.

Higher Estimates

Wall Street is bullish on the aerospace and defense communications company. Analysts increased full-year 2008 earnings forecasts on L-3 communications from $7.13 to $7.19 per share in just the past week. For 2009, the consensus estimate moved up from $7.54 to $7.59 over the same time period.

Rewarding Shareholders with Income

The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of 30 cents per share, noting that it is payable on December 15 to shareholders of record at the close of business on November 17.

LLL is scheduled to release results for the third quarter on October 23.

Read our Sep 25, 2008 analysis.

Last Week's Growth and Income Zacks Rank Buy Stocks

Casey & General Stores (CASY) has been trading ahead of the

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The five best performing stocks on the Zacks #1 Rank List last week were: CNOOC Limited (CEO), UTi Worldwide Inc. (UTIW), True Religion Apparel, Inc. (TRLG), Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (FIX) and Innophos Holdings, Inc. (IPHS).

CNOOC Limited (CEO) made the Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers List for the week ended Aug 29 as shares advanced 10.2%. Earnings estimates for this year are moving in the right direction, gaining approximately 22.6% in 2 months and 7.5% in the 7 days. Furthermore, analysts currently expect a more than 23% improvement in earnings next year, compared to this year.

The Chinese oil company enjoyed a strong first half of 2008 as it capitalized on high oil prices. Net profit for the period grew by more than 89% over the same period a year earlier. Oil and gas sales advanced 63.9%. In addition, its

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The five best performing stocks on the Zacks #1 Rank List last week were: CNOOC Limited (CEO), UTi Worldwide Inc. (UTIW), True Religion Apparel, Inc. (TRLG), Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (FIX) and Innophos Holdings, Inc. (IPHS).

CNOOC Limited (CEO) made the Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers List for the week ended Aug 29 as shares advanced 10.2%. Earnings estimates for this year are moving in the right direction, gaining approximately 22.6% in 2 months and 7.5% in the 7 days. Furthermore, analysts currently expect a more than 23% improvement in earnings next year, compared to this year.

The Chinese oil company enjoyed a strong first half of 2008 as it capitalized on high oil prices. Net profit for the period grew by more than 89% over the same period a year earlier. Oil and gas sales advanced 63.9%. In addition, its

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The five best performing stocks on the Zacks #1 Rank List last week were: CNOOC Limited (CEO), UTi Worldwide Inc. (UTIW), True Religion Apparel, Inc. (TRLG), Comfort Systems USA, Inc. (FIX) and Innophos Holdings, Inc. (IPHS).

CNOOC Limited (CEO) made the Zacks #1 Rank Top Performers List for the week ended Aug 29 as shares advanced 10.2%. Earnings estimates for this year are moving in the right direction, gaining approximately 22.6% in 2 months and 7.5% in the 7 days. Furthermore, analysts currently expect a more than 23% improvement in earnings next year, compared to this year.

The Chinese oil company enjoyed a strong first half of 2008 as it capitalized on high oil prices. Net profit for the period grew by more than 89% over the same period a year earlier. Oil and gas sales advanced 63.9%. In addition, its

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

Accenture Ltd (ACN) American Italian Pasta Co (AITP) ANSYS Inc (ANSS) Apollo Group Inc (APOL) BlueLinx Holdings Inc (BXC) The Brink's Co (BCO) Cemex SAB de CV (CX) Central European Distribution (CEDC) China Direct Inc (CDS) China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (SNP) Comfort Systems USA Inc (FIX) Euroseas Ltd (ESEA) FLIR Systems Inc (FLIR) Franklin Electric Co (FELE) Gerdau SA (GGB) Glacier Bancorp Inc (GBCI) Key Energy Services Inc (KEG) Kindred Healthcare Inc (KND) Parker Drilling Co (PKD) Patterson-UTI Energy Inc (PTEN) Peabody Energy Corp (BTU) Pixelworks Inc (PXLW) RadioShack Corp (RSH) Reliance Steel & Aluminum (RS) SJW Corp (SJW) St. Jude Medical Inc (STJ) Standard Parking Corp (...