Avon Products Inc. (AVP) recently declared a quarterly dividend of 21 cents per share, which translates into an industry-leading yield of 2.4%. In late October, the company reported third-quarter earnings of 42 cents per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 8%.

Rewarding Shareholders with Outstanding Income

The company recently declared a quarterly dividend of 21 cents per share, which translates into an industry-leading yield of 2.4%.

The dividend is payable December 1 to shareholders of record November 20.

Solid Earnings

In late October, the company reported third-quarter earnings of 42 cents per share, exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 8%. Revenue slipped 4% year-over-year but was up 7% on a local-currency basis.

Higher Forecasts and Strong Momentum

The company is seeing bullish earnings estimates on the strong quarter. The full-year Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.70 per share is up 4 cents over the past

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For Immediate Release

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The four highlighted picks are: Priceline.com Inc. (PCLN), Polaris Industries Inc. (PII), Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) and Healthspring, Inc. (HS).      Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Four daily picks are offered free at http://at.zacks.com/?id=5607

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

AES Corp (AES) Akzo Nobel NV (AKZOY) Alliance Financial Corp (ALNC) Atlantic Tele-Network Inc (ATNI) BASF SE (BASFY) Biovail Corp (BVF) Carbo Ceramics Inc (CRR) Cato Corp (CATO) Cellcom Israel Ltd (CEL) Chunghwa Telecom Co Ltd (CHT) Covidien Plc (COV) DG FastChannel Inc (DGIT) Diodes Inc (DIOD) Dover Corp (DOV) E.ON AG (EONGY) Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd (ENH) Gap Inc (GPS) Investors Bancorp Inc ...

Polaris Industries Inc. (PII) gained marginally in the morning session to go past its 200-day average of $29.16 on low volumes. The company has topped the consensus forecast in each of the last 4 quarters with an average of 10.35% or 4 cents per share. This Zacks#2 Rank ("Buy") stock still trades at a larges discount to its peers.

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