For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – October 22, 2009 – Zacks Equity Research highlights Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (GTIV) as the Bull of the Day and MetroPCS (PCS) the Bear of the Day. In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), Google (GOOG) and Boeing Company (BA).

Full analysis of all these stocks is available at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2676

Here is a synopsis of all five stocks:

Bull of the Day:

Gentiva Health Services, Inc. (GTIV) has scheduled its third quarter earnings call for October 29th, one week from today. Gentiva reported a second-quarter net income of 59 cents per share which was much higher than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 45 cents.

The company boasts of a diversified product portfolio. Its product offerings include home health, hospice, respiratory therapies and home medical equipment. Gentiva serves nearly 500,000 patients annually

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The Boeing Company (BA) has posted a third quarter loss of $1.6 million or $2.23 per diluted share, worse than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of $2.12 per share. Last year, the company reported a net income of $695 million or 96 cents per share. Earnings in the quarter were affected due to reclassification to research and development of costs for the first three 787-series test airplanes incurred in July ($2.46 per share) as well as in August and September (14 cents per share). The company also digested a charge of 99 cents per share from the delay in producing a new version of the 747-8 series freighter jet leading to late design changes. On the other hand, revenues rose 9% to $16.7 billion from $15.3 billion in the year-ago period. The upside came from increased military aircraft deliveries and higher volume in services ...

Raytheon (RTN) announced better-than-expected 2nd quarter results. The defense electronics giant -- in contrast to the flagship of defense contractors, Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) -- reported 25% higher EPS of $1.24 over the year-ago quarter. Lockheed Martin reported 13% lower EPS over the year-ago quarter. While Lockheed was swept away by pension blues, Raytheon gained $11 million during the quarter from pension adjustments. The Details Raytheon exceeded both our and market expectations of $1.13 for the quarter. Operating income fell marginally year-over-year (1.9%) in the Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) and Missile Systems (MS, 7%) segments. This was more than made up by Network Centric Systems (NCS, 12.6%), Space and Airborne Systems (SAS, 24.1%) and Technical Services (TS, 17.8%), along with steady Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS). On the revenue front, although Raytheon grew 4% during the quarter to $6.1 billion, it failed to ...

Boeing, Co. (BA) posted better than expected second-quarter results before the bell this morning on strong defense sales and cost saving measures in its commercial airline business.

Earnings came in at $1.41 per share, up from $1.16 last year when the company took a one-time hit of 22 cents related to the late delivery of military aircrafts. Analysts were looking for earnings of $1.19. Sales edged up 1% to $17.15 billion.

The company said that its commercial aircraft backlog stood at $257 billion, while the backlog for its integrated defense systems was $70 billion. Boeing also addressed ongoing issues with the late delivery of its Dreamliner aircraft, saying it has identified solutions to certain structural problems that it will announce in the third quarter.

Boeing went ahead and confirmed its full-year forecast, saying it still expects to earn between $4.70 and $5.00 per share. Analysts are a bit

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We are presenting a list of companies which we believe are currently mispriced, based on our estimate of fair value, by the market. We develop our fair value ranges by projected free cash flow out one year and estimating an appropriate FCF multiple based on our assessment of risk and the strength of the balance sheet.

Cisco Systems [CSCO: 19.57, +0.84 (+4.48%)] Recent Price $17.04 Value Range 21.86 – $38.41 Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells Internet protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology (IT) industry, and provides services associated with these products and their use. The Company provides a line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings, across campuses, and around the world. Its products are designed to transform how people connect, communicate and collaborate. Cisco Systems, Inc.’s products, which include primarily routers, switches, and products that the

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The Peridot Capitalist, Chad Brand with some perspective about the 40% decline in shares of Boeing (NYSE:BA) from $107 to $64. SOURCE: http://www.peridotcapitalist.com/2008/08/contrarian-call-40-drop-in-boeing.html The decline in shares of Boeing (BA) has been significant over the last year. The stock has fallen 40% from $107 to $64 as high ...