Cato Corporation (CATO), the women's fashion specialty retailer, reported third quarter results on Nov 19 that surprised on the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 11.11%, or 1 cent a share. It was the company's fourth consecutive earnings beat.

Earnings per share for the third quarter rose 233% to 10 cents from 3 cents in the year ago period. The Zacks Consensus called for 9 cents.

The company bucked the negative retail trend by increasing sales by 6% to $191 million from $179.8 million in the year ago period. Same store sales also rose 4%, surprising even the company.

The gross margin rate also rose to 34.8% from 29.3% in the year ago quarter mainly due to better merchandise margins and lower freight costs.

The company is being cautious about the fourth quarter given the economic uncertainties even though it outperformed in the third quarter. It is still forecasting same store

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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (CTB) has surprised on estimates the last 3 quarters, including a huge beat in the second quarter. CTB trades with a forward P/E of 11.8.

Company Description

Cooper Tire manufactures tires for passenger cars, light and medium trucks. It also has subsidiaries that make motorcycle and racing tires. The company has facilities in 10 countries.

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While the global recession is still hitting Cooper's business, the company saw dramatically improved results in the second quarter. On Aug 5, Cooper reported earnings per share of 50 cents which blew by the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 4 cents per share by 1150%.

Sales continued to decline, however, falling to $632 million from $773 million in the year ago period. The sales decline was primarily due to lower volumes caused by the recession. The company saw some relief in the quarter through

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Chicago, IL – July 7, 2009- Kevin Matras goes over a screen that finds companies with accelerated earnings growth. Highlighted stocks in this week’s article include American Dental Partners, Inc. (NYSE: ADPI), Concur Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNQR), Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: CTB), Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO) and SRS Labs, Inc. (NYSE: SRSL). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=5528.

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In good markets or bad, strong earnings are one of the most important things that influence stock prices.

But instead of just looking at the most recent quarter's earnings, try looking for earnings acceleration as well.

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Studies have shown that almost all of the most successful stocks in the past had displayed accelerated earnings BEFORE their most

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Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (CTB) specializes in the manufacture and marketing of automotive products. The company's strategy of outsourcing production to low-cost countries and other costruction measures are some of the positive factors associated with the stock.

However, a challenging North American auto environment, elevated raw material costs and strong competition lead us to rate the stock a Hold with a six-month target price of $7.00.

On October 1, 2008, Cooper Tire announced that it continues to adjust production schedules at its U.S. facilities primarily due to raw material shortages and soft demand in the North American market. The savings during the third quarter due to production adjustments was estimated at $9 to $11 million.

Read the full analyst report on CTB

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