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

Advisory Board Co (ABCO) Bell Microproducts Inc (BELM) Beneficial Mutual Bancorp Inc (BNCL) Briggs & Stratton Corp (BGG) Commerce Bancshares Inc (CBSH) Conceptus Inc (CPTS) Crane Co (CR) Dolan Media Co (DM) Dorman Products Inc (DORM) Dover Corp (DOV) Dow Chemical Co (DOW) Drew Industries Inc (DW) E-House China Holdings Ltd (EJ) ev3 Inc (EVVV) GAMCO Investors Inc (GBL) ICT Group Inc (ICTG) Integrated Silicon Solution Inc (...

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

3M Co (MMM) Acadia Realty Trust (AKR) Actel Corp (ACTL) Amerigon Inc (ARGN) Avnet Inc (AVT) Santander BanCorp (SBP) Big 5 Sporting Goods Corp (BGFV) Briggs & Stratton Corp (BGG) Carrols Restaurant Group Inc (TAST) Cavco Industries Inc (CVCO) Connecticut Water Service Inc (CTWS) Crane Co (CR) Dow Chemical Co (DOW) Drew Industries Inc (DW) Enbridge Energy Management LLC (EEQ) Euronet Worldwide Inc (EEFT) GAMCO Investors Inc (...

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

3Com Corp (COMS) 51job Inc (JOBS) Actions Semiconductor Co Ltd (ACTS) Aeropostale Inc (ARO) Companhia de Bebidas das Americas (ABV) American Italian Pasta Co (AIPC) American States Water Co (AWR) Amkor Technology Inc (AMKR) Anworth Mortgage Asset Corp (ANH) Asbury Automotive Group Inc (ABG) Ashland Inc (ASH) Associated British Foods Plc (ASBFY) AudioCodes Ltd (AUDC) Baidu Inc (BIDU) Banco Santander SA (STD) Bank of Montreal (BMO) Barnes & ...

Carter's Inc. (CRI)) has been setting a new 52-week high in almost every session since the last earnings release.

Crushed Estimates

On Jul 28 Carter's reported second-quarter results that included a 5.4% increase in sales, to $318 million. Net income skyrocketed to $11.3 million, up from $2.8 million.

Earnings per share came in at 23 cents, more than 4 times the Zacks consensus estimate, which was 5 cents. This was the company's third surprise in the past 4 quarters.

Analysts Raising Forecasts

Since the report analysts polled by Zacks have been raising their estimates. The consensus is now $1.66, up from $1.57 after 5 analysts have supplied 6 upward revisions. That is no typo, at least one analyst has raised twice.

These projections would yield a 20% growth rate this year and another 7% in 2010.

The Chart

After a few attempts shares of CRI surged past the level of

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

Achillion Pharmaceuticals Inc (ACHN) Advance Auto Parts Inc (AAP) Advantest Corp (ATE) Agree Realty Corp (ADC) Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (ACH) Amkor Technology Inc (AMKR) ARYx Therapeutics Inc (ARYX) Barloworld Ltd (BRRAY) Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc (BRLI) The Buckle Inc (BKE) California Pizza Kitchen Inc (CPKI) Cerus Corp (CERS) Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc (CMG.B) Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc (CCE) Crucell NV (CRXL) D R Horton Inc (DHI) Dana Holding Corp (DAN) Delhaize Group (DEG) Diageo Plc (DEO) Distribucion Y SVC (DYSVY) Emergency Medical Services Corp (EMS) Gen-Probe Inc (GPRO) Healthcare Services Group Inc (HCSG) HLS Systems International Ltd (HOLI) ICU Medical Inc (ICUI) Keppel Corporation Ltd (KPELY) L'Oreal SA (...

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

Activision Blizzard Inc (ATVI) Aeropostale Inc (ARO) Alexion Pharmaceuticals Inc (ALXN) Basilea Pharmaceutic (BPMUF) BCE Inc (BCE) China Pharma Holdings Inc (CPHI) Comscore Inc (SCOR) DRDGold Ltd (DROOY) EnteroMedics Inc (ETRM) Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) Grand Canyon Education Inc (LOPE) Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc (GMCR) Haemonetics Corp (HAE) Hana Biosciences Inc (HNAB) Healthcare Services Group Inc (HCSG) Hecla Mining Co (HL) Merck & Co Inc (MRK) Omnova Solutions Inc (OMN) OSI Systems Inc (OSIS) Radio One Inc (ROIAK) Randgold Resources Ltd (GOLD) Ross Stores Inc (ROST) SupportSoft Inc (SPRT) Tecumseh Products Co (TECUA) Tier Technologies Inc (TIER) Tortoise Capital Resources Corp (TTO) Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc (VRTX) ...

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

Access National Corp (ANCX) Analogic Corp (ALOG) Argon ST Inc (STST) Barloworld Ltd (BRRAY) Bio-Reference Laboratories Inc (BRLI) BioSante Pharmaceuticals Inc (BPAX) Blyth Inc (BTH) Claude Resources Inc (CGR) Cypress Semiconductor Corp (CY) Fair Isaac Inc (FIC) Gladstone Investment Corp (GAIN) Gold Fields Ltd (GFI) Hellenic Telecom Organization SA (OTE) Idacorp Inc (IDA) Jarden Corp (JAH) Liberty Media Corp (LCAPA) Macrovision Solutions Corp (MVSN) ManTech International Corp (MANT) MediciNova Inc (MNOV) Monro Muffler Brake Inc (MNRO) MWI Veterinary Supply Inc (MWIV) The Navigators Group Inc (NAVG) NMT Medical Inc (NMTI) OMNOVA Solutions Inc (OMN) Pearson Plc (PSO) Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc (PEET) Prudential Public Limited Co (PUK) ...