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.

Screen of the Week written by Kevin Matras of Zacks Investment Research:

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.

With earnings season kicking off this week, it's a good time to go over this.

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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Flowers Foods Inc. (FLO) advanced slightly on Monday morning to trade above a short-term level of resistance at $22.78. FLO is a Zacks#1 Rank ("Strong buy") stock. Flowers Foods has topped the consensus estimate in each of the last 4 quarters.

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

Agree Realty Corp (ADC) Allion Healthcare Inc (ALLI) Almost Family Inc (AFAM) American Equity Investment Life Holding (AEL) Analogic Corp (ALOG) AsiaInfo Holdings Inc (ASIA) AVX Corp (AVX) Bankinter SA (BKNIY) CGI Group Inc (GIB) Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG.B) Dana Holding Corp (DAN) Dillard's Inc (DDS) Emergency Medical Services Corp (EMS) Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) Forestar Group Inc (FOR) GENMAB A/S DKK (GNMSF) Glu Mobile Inc (GLUU) Hydrogenics Corp (HYGS) Intersil Corp (ISIL) KEMET Corp (KEME) Local.com Corp (LOCM) Mag Silver Corp (MVG) Metabasis Therapeutics Inc (MBRX) Northern Trust Corp (NTRS) NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc (NBY) PAREXEL International Corp (PRXL) Penwest Pharmaceuticals (PPCO) Prosperity Bancshares Inc (PRSP) ...

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

Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Access National Corp (ANCX) Air Liquide (AIQUY) Altair Nanotechnologies Inc (ALTI) Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc (BRLI) Caribou Coffee Company Inc (CBOU) Claude Resources Inc (CGR) Empresas ICA SA (ICA) Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) Insituform Technologies Inc (INSU) IntelGenx Technologies Corp (IGXT) Macrovision Solutions Corp (MVSN) Metabasis Therapeutics Inc (MBRX) NaviSite Inc (NAVI) Oscient Pharmaceuticals Corp (OSCI) Owens & Minor Inc (OMI) Papa John's Int'l Inc (PZZA) Pearson Plc (PSO) Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGSVY) Provident Energy Trust (PVX) Rollins Inc (ROL) Shaw Communications Inc (SJR) Thomson SA (TMS) Tucows Inc (TCX) Unitrin Inc (UTR) VistaPrint Ltd (VPRT) The Wet Seal Inc ...

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

America Service Group Inc (ASGR) Amtrust Financial Services Inc (AFSI) AngloGold Ashanti Ltd (AU) ArcSight Inc (ARST) BioReference Laboratories Inc (BRLI) Calavo Growers Inc (CVGW) Christopher & Banks Corp (CBK) Citi Trends Inc (CTRN) Dolan Media Co (DM) Dynamics Research Corp (DRCO) Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) Fuel Systems Solutions Inc (FSYS) Gammon Gold Inc (GRS) Genmab A/S Dkk (GNMSF) Harmony Gold Mining Co (HMY) HF Financial Corp (HFFC) IntelGenx Technologies Corp (IGXT) J&J Snack Foods Corp (JJSF) ManTech International Corp (MANT) MasTec Inc (MTZ) Navios Maritime Partners LP (NMM) NaviSite Inc (NAVI) Odyssey HealthCare Inc (ODSY) Orion Marine Group Inc (OMGI) Owens & Minor Inc (OMI) Peet's Coffee & Tea ...

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

American Public Education Inc (APEI) Basilea Pharmaceutic (BPMUF) Baxter International Inc (BAX) Blackrock Kelso Capital Corp (BKCC) Briggs & Stratton Corp (BGG) Claude Resources Inc (CGR) Conagra Foods Inc (CAG) Consolidated Water Co Ltd (CWCO) EMS Technologies Inc (ELMG) Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) Gammon Gold Inc (GRS) Grupo Financiero Galicia SA (GGAL) IMAX Corp (IMAX) Immucor Inc ( BLUD) Insulet Corp (PODD) Ivanhoe Mines Ltd (IVN) J&J Snack Foods Corp (JJSF) Jarden Corp (JAH) ManTech International Corp (MANT) Monro Muffler Brake Inc (MNRO) NMT Medical Inc (NMTI) NxStage Medical Inc (NXTM) Odyssey HealthCare Inc (ODSY) Orexigen Therapeutics Inc (OREX) Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc (PEET) PokerTek Inc (PTEK) Stamps.com ...

Flowers Foods Inc. (FLO) advanced nearly 2% on Monday noon and was trading close to a short-term level of resistance at $23.13. FLO is a Zacks#1 Rank (“Strong buy”) stock. The consensus estimate on the company's 2009 profit has gone up by 2 cents to $1.41 per share in the last month.

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

Abraxas Petroleum Corp. (AXAS) Alaska Air Group Inc. (ALK) Allied Healthcare International Inc. (AHCI) American Financial Group Inc. (AFG) AutoZone Inc. (AZO) Berry Petroleum Co. (BRY) CNS Response Inc. (CNSO) Conn's Inc. (CONN) Discovery Communications Inc. (DISCA) Discovery Communications Inc. (DISCB) EnteroMedics Inc. (ETRM) Euronet Worldwide Inc. (EEFT) Flowers Foods Inc. (FLO) Gander Mountain Co. (GMTN) Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (IVN) Majesco Entertainment Co. (COOL) Monro Muffler Brake Inc. (MNRO) Omnicare Inc. (OCR) Owens & Minor Inc. (OMI) Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. (PEET) StarTek Inc. (SRT) Stone Energy Corp. (SGY) Sturm Ruger & Co. (RGR) Susser Holdings Corp. (SUSS) Syntroleum Corp. (SYNM) Urologix, Inc. (ULGX) Young Innovations Inc. (...

Companies highlighted in this weekly wrap include Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO), Baxter International Inc. (BAX), Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (FDO), Computer Programs & Systems, Inc. (CPSI) and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM)

< ?DART(15);?> Flowers Foods, Inc. (FLO) recently renewed its annual dividend of 60 cents per share in a time when many are cutting or halting dividends. Last week, the company declared a quarterly dividend of 15 cents to be paid on March 20 to shareholders of record on March 6. FLO boasts an industry-leading yield of 2.6%.

"We achieved good results in fiscal 2008 and this action reflects the board's confidence in the company's ability to deliver similar results moving forward," said George E. Deese, the company's chairman of the board, CEO, and president. He added that FLO's balance sheet is strong

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Flowers Foods Inc (FLO) shares experienced an unusually low trading volume. Shares slipped less than 1% at midday.

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