Raytheon will manufacture and provide life-cycle support for more than 250 new missiles. The company began producing the missiles’ infrared guidance and control sections in November 2008.

The company’s AGM-65 Maverick is a class of air-to-ground tactical missile used by US Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and 33 international customers. Its AGM-65D has a 125-pound warhead with a forward-firing, conical-shaped charge for armor penetrations. Raytheon’s AGM-65G2 employs a 300-pound blast fragmentation/penetrator warhead that was developed for maximum effectiveness against larger, reinforced targets. The company has manufactured more than 69,000 AGM-65 missiles till date.

Raytheon is the one of the largest aerospace and defense companies in the U.S., with a well-diversified line of military products including missiles, radars, sensors, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment, communication and information systems, naval systems, air traffic control systems and technical services. We maintain our market outperform recommendation on the shares.

There has been a lot of talk about dividends lately.

Unfortunately, much of the talk is about who's going to cut theirs.

We've all read or heard about mainstream companies suddenly deciding to slash dividends or cut them altogether.

Pfizer is one example, although they were apparently trying to finance their purchase of Wyeth. But regardless of the reason, the investor who was told his dividend would be slashed by 50% was likely none too happy.

Most of the bad news however has come from the financial sector, where companies have been forced to stop their payouts.

But there's no reason to quit looking for good stocks with good dividends.

Smaller growth companies will typically not pay a dividend as they pour all their money into growing their business.

However, larger companies with solid earnings - but without the aggressive growth rates (or aggressive growth rate opportunities) that may have marked their earlier years - will often reward investors thru dividend distribution (i.e., paying out a portion of their earnings to shareholders).

Many of these companies probably have solid cash positions and generate great earnings, but lack the kind of earnings growth that many investors crave.

But make money they do, and they pass a portion on to their investors.

In this week's screen, we're going to look for stocks with good payout ratios and a track record of excellent growth and payment history.

• Zacks Rank <= 3
  This will give us Zacks #1 Rank, Zacks #2 Rank and Zacks #3 Rank companies. But will exclude Zacks #4 Rank and Zacks #5 Rank companies, which are Sells and Strong sells.

• 5 Year Historical Growth Rate >= 10%
  We want to see a history of solid growth.

• Next 3-5 Year Projected Growth Rate >= 10%
  (In addition to a track record of solid earnings, it's important to have a successful future of solid growth as well. (Otherwise, your dividend could be in jeopardy.)

• Year Average Dividend Yield >= Average for the S&P 500
  (Above average market yields we're looking for.)

• Current Dividend Yield >= 5 Year Average Dividend Yield
  (We're also insisting that their current yield be greater than their average dividend yield.)

• Sector Finance (that means NO finance companies)
  Because of the shaky environment with financial companies, we're going to exclude the finance sector entirely.

Here are 5 stocks from this week's screen:

MCD McDonalds Corp.
RSG Republic Services, Inc.
RTN Raytheon Company
SUN Sunoco, Inc.
WMI Waste Management, Inc.

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The median year-over-year EPS growth rate of 9.45% is wonderful news for the market. And it looks like it will probably hold up. Given the expectations for those that have yet to report that seems possible. The median expected EPS growth rate for the firms that are yet to report is 16.9%. Given the propensity for positive surprises to outnumber disappointments, on a median EPS basis, double-digit growth is possible.

Energy is finished reporting and currently holds the gold medal spot with growth of 25.4%. Tech is in silver, with median EPS growth of 22.2%. This is based on the results of 60 companies, or 84.5% of the total Tech firms in the index. Absent some significant positive surprises it seems unlikely to overtake Energy in the median EPS growth event. Telecom is in the bronze medal spot with 17.8%, and it should hold on to its place on the podium.

On the surprise front, two sectors have been particularly impressive. Health Care’s median EPS growth rate is 14.3%. Health Care is showing more than 6 positive surprises for each disappointment, with a median surprise of 4.69%. This is not based on just a handful or results either, as over 98% of Health Care reports are already in. The Industrials have been just as impressive, with growth of 13.6%, a 7.0 surprise ratio and a 5% median surprise.

The Financials have been the weakest sector by far, with the median EPS dropping by 17.4% from a year ago. The sector is responsible for one third of all the earnings disappointments to this point. The Consumer Discretionary sector is the only other one to show negative year-over-year growth on a median EPS basis (-4.3%).

The expected results for the remaining Financials are even worse the ones which have already reported, at -156.2%, but relatively few remain. The remaining Consumer Discretionary firms are expected to show a 1.1% increase, meaning that there should not be a big change from what has already been reported.

Some of the factors which should help median EPS growth are share repurchases, which though have slowed in recent months, will still reflect what happened last year. Oddly, increased share counts will also help boost EPS among the Financials. Since the ones that have increased their share counts the most (by going hat in had to the sovereign wealth funds looking for new capital) are also the ones that are likely to reports losses, so the loss per share will be less.

In addition, to the extent that firms have large operations overseas, they should benefit from the currency translation effects of the weak dollar. The weak dollar has also boosted those companies that export a substantial portion of their sales.

Keep in mind that median growth rates are inherently equally weighted, so the growth rate for Cabot Oil and Gas (COG) is just as significant to the results for the Energy sector as the growth rate for Exxon (XOM).

Second-Quarter Scorecard (Reported)
Sector	Q2 08 Median Growth Rep.	Q3 08 Median Proj. Growth.	2007 Median Rep. Growth	2008 Median Proj. Growth	% Reported	Median % Surprise	# Pos Surprise	# Neg Surprise	# Match
Energy	25.35%	37.68%	12.83%	28.56%	100.00%	2.65%	26	11	2
Tech	22.22%	11.11%	13.76%	14.15%	84.51%	4.17%	37	15	8
Telecom	17.76%	2.11%	9.16%	7.43%	88.89%	4.66%	5	1	2
Healthcare	14.29%	7.55%	17.92%	13.07%	98.08%	4.69%	37	6	8
Industrial	13.64%	11.11%	14.57%	13.73%	92.73%	5.00%	42	6	3
Cons. Stap.	10.28%	6.58%	11.49%	10.30%	82.93%	2.59%	22	6	6
Utilities	8.12%	4.96%	8.70%	4.85%	90.32%	5.47%	16	10	2
Materials	6.58%	3.67%	12.20%	6.55%	100.00%	4.17%	19	7	3
Cons. Disc.	-4.30%	2.93%	8.43%	0.99%	71.43%	3.27%	37	16	7
Financial	-17.41%	-7.58%	5.25%	-4.71%	94.38%	0.00%	40	39	5
S&P 500	10.61%	6.96%	12.25%	10.30%	72.80%	3.33%	233	94	37

Second-Quarter Yet-to-Report
Sector	Q2 08 Proj. Growth	Q3 08 Proj. Growth	2007 Rep. Growth	2008 Proj. Growth
Utilities	69.57%	16.18%	13.33%	12.16%
Industrial	31.47%	19.45%	31.13%	21.21%
Telecom	28.57%	4.00%	-2.94%	8.08%
Tech	24.29%	8.72%	22.66%	18.89%
Healthcare	17.05%	20.18%	9.90%	15.26%
Cons. Stap.	11.76%	11.43%	13.25%	10.63%
Cons. Disc.	1.06%	0.12%	6.57%	7.23%
Financial	-156.20%	-17.82%	-39.13%	-30.17%
S&P 500	16.91%	7.14%	12.43%	11.13%

Total Net Income Growth

While on a median EPS growth basis, things might look okay, the same is not true on a total net income basis. This is shaping up to be yet another very ugly quarter.

The blame for net income decline once again goes to the Financials (with best supporting actor nomination for the Consumer Discretionary). On a percentage basis, total earnings have collapsed even more for the Discretionary firms (-83.5%) than for the Financials (-81.9%). However, the Financials are normally a much bigger sector in terms of total profits. Last year, the Financials accounted for 27.4% of all net income reported at this point, this year they account for just 6.3%. By contrast, last year the Discretionary firms chipped in just 5.9% of all earnings. Overall, the second quarter is even weaker than the first quarter.

Total net income for the S&P 500 is expected to be 21.0% below the second quarter of 2007, which is not much of a change from the 20.8% decline posted so far. This is a weaker overall showing than in the first quarter (down 15.6%) and roughly inline with the fourth-quarter decline of 21.2%).

Looking ahead, the consensus is currently for very weak but positive growth in net income (up 2.2%), thanks to very high expectations for the Energy sector, and the Financials only being kicked in the stomach, not a little lower on the anatomy.

Total net income for all the S&P 500 firms that have reported so far is $161.8 billion versus $204.2.4 billion a year ago. That is however a slight improvement on a sequential basis from the $158.7 billion these same 444 firms posted in the first quarter. While the overall pie is smaller, the size of the slices has moved dramatically. With the Financials share shrinking dramatically, the shares for most other sectors have expanded. Energy is getting the biggest slice, almost 26%, up from 17.5% a year ago. Tech’s slice of the pie is up to 14.2% from 9.4% a year ago.

Surprisingly, Tech is leading in total net income growth reported so far, up 19.1%. Energy is in the Silver medal spot, but Tech is expected to fade at the end allowing it to take the gold. Health Care should make the platform, but with a distant third of 8.3% growth, but taking the second largest slice of the pie at 15.2%.

Total Net Income Growth (Reported)
Sector	Q4 07 Rep. Growth	Q1 08 Rep. Growth	Q2 08 Rep. Growth	Q3 08 Proj. Growth	2007 Rep. Growth	2008 Proj. Growth	2009 Proj. Growth
Technology	30.36%	11.22%	19.07%	6.33%	21.95%	15.92%	17.60%
Energy	23.12%	25.75%	17.33%	52.90%	5.92%	40.14%	13.06%
Health Care	17.95%	3.32%	8.43%	1.71%	18.81%	8.70%	10.33%
Utilities	12.24%	6.91%	5.81%	1.04%	10.52%	6.65%	10.54%
Industrial	4.99%	4.54%	5.56%	2.15%	9.59%	8.35%	10.99%
Materials	-2.24%	14.68%	3.07%	6.02%	8.04%	12.18%	14.94%
Cons.Stap.	5.79%	13.48%	-0.14%	4.61%	9.24%	-0.25%	10.56%
Telecom	31.92%	1.08%	-1.16%	-6.60%	18.28%	0.59%	9.07%
Financials	-116.62%	-76.20%	-81.90%	-32.78%	-19.87%	-48.55%	90.65%
Cons. Disc.	10.73%	-24.35%	-83.46%	-8.63%	-11.86%	-18.53%	62.81%
S&P	-20.64%	-15.45%	-20.78%	2.95%	1.78%	-0.50%	23.64%

Total Reported ($)
Sector	Q2 08 Rep. Growth	Q2 07 Rep. Growth	Q1 08 Rep. Growth	Q1 07 Rep. Growth	Q2 08% Rep. Growth	Q2 07% Rep. Growth
Energy	$42,018	25.97%	$35,812	17.53%	21.63%	15.69%
Health Care	$24,587	15.20%	$22,676	11.10%	15.79%	12.10%
Industrial	$23,110	14.28%	$21,892	10.72%	15.03%	11.91%
Technology	$22,893	14.15%	$19,226	9.41%	13.85%	9.45%
Cons. Stap.	$15,906	9.83%	$15,929	7.80%	8.46%	7.34%
Financials	$10,118	6.25%	$55,887	27.36%	7.54%	28.39%
Materials	$8,277	5.12%	$8,031	3.93%	5.60%	4.44%
Telecom	$7,201	4.45%	$7,286	3.57%	4.89%	5.33%
Utilities	$5,676	3.51%	$5,365	2.63%	4.69%	3.62%
Cons. Disc.	$2,007	1.24%	$12,132	5.94%	2.53%	1.73%
S&P	$161,795	100.00%	$204,236	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

Total Earnings Growth: Yet-to-Report
Sector	Q4 07 Rep. Growth	Q1 08 Rep. Growth	Q2 08 Proj. Growth	Q3 08 Proj. Growth	2007 Rep. Growth	2008 Proj. Growth	2009 Proj. Growth
Industrials	50.93%	40.53%	15.77%	5.00%	28.80%	28.54%	17.99%
Health Care	-1.30%	0.80%	6.86%	12.98%	15.60%	16.85%	13.85%
Cons. Stap.	9.13%	6.04%	5.23%	12.16%	19.38%	12.52%	9.70%
Telecom	15.25%	24.00%	0.25%	-3.09%	-9.80%	16.30%	0.93%
Technology	18.42%	16.02%	-0.09%	9.18%	17.79%	12.24%	15.51%
Utilities	27.52%	32.44%	-10.43%	20.25%	8.70%	10.78%	13.32%
Cons. Disc.	-11.33%	-12.97%	-23.67%	-35.56%	5.53%	-4.78%	10.04%
Financials	-178.27%	-116.50%	-83.26%	5.10%	-35.58%	-67.06%	187.13%
S&P	-26.63%	-16.79%	-22.64%	-5.73%	3.42%	-2.08%	19.48%

Total Earnings Growth: Combined
Sector	Q4 07 Rep. Growth	Q1 08 Rep. Growth	Q2 08 Proj. Growth	Q3 08 Proj. Growth	2007 Rep. Growth	2008 Proj. Growth	2009 Proj. Growth
Energy	23.12%	25.75%	17.33%	52.90%	5.92%	40.14%	13.06%
Technology	28.60%	11.99%	15.65%	6.76%	21.32%	15.38%	17.30%
Health Care	17.26%	3.25%	8.37%	2.06%	18.70%	8.97%	10.45%
Industrial	6.14%	5.58%	6.02%	2.26%	10.19%	9.08%	11.29%
Utilities	13.21%	8.90%	4.24%	2.55%	10.36%	7.00%	10.78%
Materials	-2.24%	14.68%	3.07%	6.02%	8.04%	12.18%	14.94%
Cons.Stap.	6.48%	11.45%	0.94%	6.04%	11.15%	2.33%	10.37%
Telecom	31.57%	1.41%	-1.14%	-6.54%	17.75%	0.82%	8.94%
Cons. Disc.	1.96%	-18.84%	-63.38%	-19.50%	-5.73%	-13.10%	39.97%
Financials	-120.20%	-78.62%	-82.00%	-31.62%	-20.88%	-49.52%	93.95%
S&P	-21.18%	-15.60%	-20.96%	2.20%	1.92%	-0.64%	23.27%

The Zacks Revisions Ratio

To help gauge the direction of the market, we take note of what analysts are thinking. By tallying their EPS changes, we can determine our revisions ratio. This ratio simply divides the total number of positive estimate revisions by the total number of estimate cuts. Thus, a high ratio is a bullish indicator and a low ratio is bearish. For the S&P 500 as a whole, a number below 0.80 or above 1.25 is generally significant. For individual sectors the distance from 1.0 should be greater for the numbers to be significant.

With positive surprises outnumbering disappointments by almost 5:2, it is not a shock that the revisions ratio has started to climb from the depths. After all second quarter earnings are part of full year 2008 earnings, so if a company posts a positive surprise and the analysts don’t raise full year earnings, they are implicitly cutting estimates for the third or fourth quarters.

The ratio is now at 1.05, a reading that is neutral, up from 0.98 last week, and 0.81 two weeks ago. The overall pace of estimate revisions continues its rise, and is approaching its seasonal peak. Over the last four weeks there have been 3,600 changes in estimates: 1,841 up and 1,759 down. (In comparison, last week there were 3,017 changes: 1,521 up and 1,556. This week or next should mark the peak of total revisions activity for the quarter. The ratio of firms with rising mean estimates to falling mean estimates is 0.95, slightly weaker than the revisions ratio, but also in neutral territory.

On the back of their strong surprise ratios, Health Care and Industrials have moved into the top slots for the 2008 revisions ratio, with readings of 3.11 and 2.24. Surprises have not been as strong for Energy (1.7:1 ratio, 1.42% median surprise), but it still has a respectable reading of 1.40. Financials and Discretionary are the weak sisters with readings of 0.49 and 0.63, respectively.

Notable Health Care stocks on the upside include Abbott Labs (ABT), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and St. Jude (STJ). The Aerospace and Defense names were particularly strong among the Industrials, including General Dynamics (GD), Lockheed Martin (LMT) and Raytheon (RTN).

In the Consumer Discretionary sector, the analysts checked out of the hotel companies Marriot (MAR) and Starwood (HOT). The Financials included in the Dow 30 seemed under particular pressure, including American International Group (AIG), American Express (AXP), Citigroup (C), and J.P. Morgan (JPM).

Avg. 4wk EPSChange (FY08)	Avg. 4wk EPS Change (FY08)	Revisions Ratio	Firms With FY08 EPS Increase	Firms With FY08 EPS Decrease
Health Care	-1.90%	3.11	37	15
Industrials	1.12%	2.24	34	19
Telecom	0.64%	1.41	4	4
Energy	-1.43%	1.40	25	14
Utilities	-0.31%	1.11	15	12
Consumer Staple	-1.20%	1.08	17	19
Materials	-0.11%	1.02	13	16
Technology	-3.22%	0.87	30	37
Consumer Disc	-5.57%	0.63	28	48
Financial Services	-19.52%	0.49	28	59
S&P 500	-5.10%	1.05	231	243

Unlike 2008, there is no mechanical reason for analysts to raise their numbers for 2009 in response to an earnings surprise. While it did rise, it remains in negative territory. It rose to, 0.79, from 0.76 last week, and 0.66 two weeks ago.

The Energy sector, with a revisions ratio of 2.15, remains the strongest. Health Care also put in a decent showing at 1.91 Energy firms showing noteworthy strength include the Oil Service majors, Baker Hughes (BHI), Halliburton (HAL), National Oilwell Varco (NOV) and Schlumberger (SLB).

The revisions picture for the Financial sector is even worse for 2009 than it is for 2008, coming in at 0.24, or over four cuts for every increase. Revisions like these will eat away at the robust earnings rebound seen for 2009 (unless 2008 gets cut faster). If the Financials were excluded, the revisions index would pop to 1.04. We do not seem to be getting out of the woods on the Financial sector front. While there is weakness throughout the sector, major regional banks seem to be the worst hit. In particular, weakness at BB&T (BBT), Comerica (CMA), SunTrust (STI), Regions Financial (RF) and Zion (ZION) was noteworthy.

The total number of revisions for the whole S&P 500 for 2009 is also near its seasonal peak. There were a total of 3,087 revisions: 1,360 up and 1,727 down. This is up 33.1% from 2,752 (1,189 up and 1,563 down) last week. The ratio of firms with rising mean estimates to falling mean estimates is 0.78, in line with the revisions ratio.

Avg. 4wk EPSChange (FY09)	Avg. 4wk EPS Change (FY09)	Revisions Ratio	Firms With FY09 EPS Increase	Firms With FY09 EPS Decrease
Energy	3.92%	2.15	33	6
Health Care	0.48%	1.91	33	19
Industrials	-0.16%	1.27	24	30
Consumer Staples	-1.06%	1.21	18	16
Utilities	-0.05%	1.21	12	12
Telecom	1.07%	0.95	5	4
Materials	-1.75%	0.90	10	18
Technology	-3.53%	0.65	29	37
Consumer Discr	-6.75%	0.42	21	54
Financial Services	-7.23%	0.24	20	68
S&P 500	-4.98%	0.79	205	264

Market Cap versus Total Earnings

When making investment decisions, growth should always be looked at in conjunction with how much you are paying for a stock. Thus, it makes sense to look at the total earnings expected for a sector, relative to that sector’s total market capitalization. This is basically a variation on looking at the P/E.

The chart below shows the share of total earnings for 2007, 2008 and 2009, as well as the share of total market capitalization for each sector (the final bar shown). Since the S&P 500 is a market cap weighted index, this is the same as its index weight. On the chart below, the difference between the sizes of the first three bars shows if a sector is gaining or losing “earnings share”. The difference between the final bar and the first three bars shows if the sector is selling for an above or below market P/E. If the final bar is smaller than the other bars, the sector is selling for a below market P/E. However, as opposed to just showing the sector P/Es, it also shows the relative importance of the sectors to the overall index.

For years, the Financials were the dominate force in the market, both in terms of market cap, and even more so in terms of total earnings. They have now been decisively dethroned on both counts. On the market cap front, Financials just recaptured 2nd place from Energy. However, the sector has now slipped into 5th place based on 2008 earnings. Still, despite their current problems, the Financials are still a very significant influence on the market.

Even with all the disasters in the sector, for 2007, the Financials accounted for 21.9% of the total net income for the S&P 500. In 2008, that is currently expected to decline to 11.0% before rebounding to 17.4% in 2009. However, in recent years the sector has accounted for well over a quarter of all earnings.

Energy has usurped the crown this year, with its earnings share climbing to 21.8% from 15.6% in 2007. Energy should keep the earnings crown for 2009 as well, gathering 20.0% of all the earnings of the S&P 500.

On the market cap (and index weight) front, Tech overtook the Financials a few months ago and currently stands at 17.6%. The Financials have plunged to 14.7% of the index. As recently as the end of February, Financials had a 17.2% index weighting versus 15.7% for Tech and 13.0% for Energy.

Keep in mind that these numbers are snapshots, when you should be thinking about a movie. At the end of February (the first time we had a complete read on 2009), the Financials were expected to gather 22.1% of all earnings for 2008, and Energy was expected to only get 16.0%. For 2009, the expected earnings shares were 15.0% for Energy and 22.4% for Financials. A year ago, before the credit crunch hit, Financials were expected to gather 26.3% of 2008 earnings and held a 19.4% weighting in the index.

Energy represented just 10.9% of the total market capitalization and was expected to get 12.9% of the total earnings in 2008. In general it seems as if the Energy sector is consistently gaining 0.2% of share for each year every week, with a similar decline for the Financials. If those trends continue, then Energy could be as dominate on the earnings front in 2008 and 2009 as the Financials were in 2007 or 2006.

For many years, Financials were clearly the dominate factor in the overall market, despite generally selling for below market P/Es. Due to an implosion in earnings that has been far worse than the dismal market performance of the sector, the Financials now have the highest P/Es based on 2008 earnings, displacing the perennial high P/E sector Technology. Based on 2008 earnings, the Financials have a P/E of 19.4x. However, given the expectation that the bleeding will stop next year, the P/E based on 2009 earnings is just 10.0x. (The true P/E is probably higher since the actual earnings will be significantly lower.)

Energy has just taken the throne as the cheapest based on 2008 earnings trading at 8.8x, and 7.8x based on 2009 expectations. There is no question in my mind that Energy is the cheapest sector of the market, and every portfolio should be overweight in it. The Tech sector is still a bit on the expensive side, trading for 17.7x 2008 and 15.1x 2009 expectations. Health Care looks interesting trading at 14.4x 2008 and 13.0x 2009 earnings.

Keep your eyes on the revisions, they give you the best clue as to if the earnings will be achieved and if the P/Es are for real. While the recent declines in oil prices may cause the upwards revisions to moderate for the Energy sector, most analysts are using very conservative price assumptions.

The S&P 500 as a whole is trading for 14.6x and 11.7x 2008 and 2009 earnings, respectively. Based on a blend of 50% 2008 earnings and 50% 2009 earnings; that translates to a 7.60% earnings yield, which looks extremely cheap relative to a 3.93% ten year T-note. Even against the A rated corporate bond yield of 6.11% it looks attractive. However, the current level of expectations for corporate earnings still implies that profits will stay well above their historical averages as a share of GDP. That would be an exceedingly rare occurrence during a recession. The comparison between the earnings yield on the S&P and the 10 year T-note is in my opinion more a reflection of the extreme unattractiveness of long term T-notes at this point than stocks looking particularly cheap in general, however there are attractive stocks out there. It appears that the flight to quality has caused a massive bubble in the price of T-notes. This is far and away, in my opinion, the most significant bubble in the market today, not the price of oil. The prices are hard to justify given the risk that the massive injections of liquidity by the Fed to ameliorate the credit crunch will end up fueling the fires of inflation.

Neil Malkin contributed significantly to this report.

Data in this report, unless stated otherwise, is through the close on Thursday, 8/7/2008

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