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Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (SYKE) is experiencing strong growth from its international markets while cutting costs, a potent one-two punch that enabled the company to deliver strong second quarter results. The company's share price has been rallying since lat July.

Company Description

Sykes Enterprises provides outscored customer contact management solutions and services both domestically and internationally. The company was founded in 1977, has a market cap of $980 million and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

Second-Quarter Results

Sykes pleased shareholders by stepping up and reporting impressive second-quarter results on Aug 4. Revenue was up 23% from last year to $207.6 million. Net income more than doubled, climbing to $17.7 million from $6.3 million in the same quarter last year. This produced earnings of 43 cents per share, blowing past analyst estimates of 30 cents per share.

This was the fourth time in four quarters that the company

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Sykes Enterprises, Inc. (SYKE) is up more than 8% today after entering into an agreement to buy a controlling stake in the parent company of GunnAllen Financial, Inc. As Wall Street's biggest players in finance are struggling to survive, this seems a smart move by SYKE.

SYKE finds this deal to be a key to its strategic growth objectives of providing a wide array of financial products and services - not to mention better customer service. The company is trading on a high volume and is creeping toward its 52-week high of $22.55. Analysts have raised their estimates to $1.38 from $1.31 in the past 2 months.

"SYKE" Free Stock Analysis: Buy? Sell? Hold?Zacks Investment Research

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