Hansen Natural Corp.'s (HANS) share price has entered into oversold territory with a stochastic value of 13.69. The Zacks #1 Rank ("Strong Buy") stock has either topped or met the consensus estimate in each of the last 4 quarters with an average surprise of 9.57%, or 4 cents per share. Moreover, the full-year consensus estimate has increased by 10 cents over the past month to $2.26 per share.

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Hansen Natural Corp. ( Sales were up 15% from last year to $244.2 million. Income jumped to $41.6 million from $28.8 million last year, producing earnings of 47 cents per share, 9 cents ahead of the consensus.

This marked the fourth time in the last four quarters that the company has surprised and beat estimates, having done so by an average of 4 cents, or 10%.

Estimates Jump

Analysts boosted their earnings projections after Hansen's solid quarter. The current-year estimate is 8 cents to

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Air Methods Corp (AIRM) Big Lots Inc (BIG) BJ's Wholesale Club Inc (BJ) Brookdale Senior Living Inc (BKD) Caribou Coffee Company Inc (CBOU) Churchill Downs Inc (CHDN) Crosstex Energy Inc (XTXI) Fushi Copperweld Inc (FSIN) Gammon Gold Inc (GRS) Geokinetics Inc (GOK) Greenlight Capital Re Ltd (GLRE) Hansen Natural Corp (HANS) Herley Industries Inc (HRLY) Memsic Inc (MEMS) National Grid Plc (NGG) RadioShack Corp (RSH) Santarus Inc (SNTS) Trinity Biotech Plc (TRIB) Virgin Mobile USA Inc (VM) View the entire Zacks #1 Rank List.

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Chicago, IL - April 28, 2009- Kevin Matras looks at increasing P/E ratios, and how to find those that have increased less than the market but with outperforming growth rates. Stocks in this week's article include Hansen Natural Corp. (HANS), IXYS Corp. (IXYS), NutriSystem, Inc. (NTRI), SonicWALL, Inc. (SNWL) and Sterling Construction Co. (STRL). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id= 109

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

Since Mar 6, 2009, when the lows were put in on the S&P 500, the market has rallied 28.6% as of the close of trading on Apr 27th.

Its P/E ratio for that same time period (using F1 estimates), is up 25.4%.

How much are F1 estimates up?

Just .098%. (Let's round it up and call it 1%.)

That's a big move without

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Stocks highlighted in this article are: Hansen Natural Corp. (...

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Chicago, IL - April 7, 2009- Kevin Matras shows why looking for stocks with upgraded broker ratings can upgrade your portfolio to a whole new level. Stocks in this week's article include Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, Ltd. (AWH), DG FastChannel, Inc. (DGIT), Delek US Holdings, Inc. (DK), Hansen Natural Corp. (HANS) and CGI Group, Inc. (GIB). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id =109

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

I'm sure there are a lot of you out there that have experienced the pleasure of waking up and seeing that a covering broker upgraded their rating on one of your stocks.

I'm also guessing that you probably experienced the opposite and saw one of the brokers downgrade your stock too.

While nobody can perfectly guard against downgrades (or forecast

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Shares of Hansen Natural Corp (HNS) are down slightly on low-volume trade in midday trading. While the average daily volume is 1.8 million, a little over 500,000 shares changed hands today. HANS is a Zacks #1 Rank ("Strong Buy") stock that has topped the consensus estimate in 3 of the last 4 quarters.

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Aaron Rents Inc (RNT) Air Liquide (AIQUY) American Caresource Holdings Inc (ANCI) Analogic Corp (ALOG) ARCA Biopharma Inc (ABIO) Corcept Therapeutics Inc (CORT) DaVita Inc (DVA) Dendreon Corp (DNDN) Dolan Media Co (DM) Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA - Eletrobras (EBR.B) Gander Mountain Co (GMTN) Grupo Financiero Galicia SA (GGAL) Hansen Natural Corp (HANS) Jazz Pharmaceuticals Inc (JAZZ) Jos A Bank Clothiers Inc (JOSB) Local.com Corp (LOCM) Magellan Health Services Inc (MGLN) Matrixx Initiatives Inc (MTXX) The Navigators Group Inc (NAVG) Ocean Power Technologies Inc (OPTT) Prudential Public Limited Co (PUK) Stamps.com Inc (STMP) TreeHouse Foods Inc (THS) Varian Medical Systems Inc (VAR) World Acceptance Corp (WRLD) View the entire ...

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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.

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