Strayer Education, Inc. (STRA) is seeing more upward revisions of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Analysts polled by Zacks are calling for full-year earnings of $7.50 per share, up from $7.27 over the past 2 months. In late August, when STRA was previously featured as a Growth and Income pick, the Zacks Consensus Estimate stood at $7.48.

For 2010, analysts are forecasting earnings of $9.24 per share, which was increased from $8.88.

The third-quarter Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.16 per share stands above the 2 months-ago projection of $1.05.

Strayer Education is scheduled to release third-quarter earnings on October 22.

For the second-quarter, STRA saw earnings of $2.00 per share, topping the previous year's $1.50 and exceeding the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2%. Revenues jumped 29% year-over-year to $125.9 million thanks to a boost in enrollment and a 5% rise in tuition.

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Ross Stores, Inc. (ROST) recently announced second-quarter earnings of 82 cents per share, eclipsing the previous year's 54 cents and matching the Zacks Consensus Estimate.

Sales jumped 8% year-over-year, while comparable store sales improved by 3%.

Management said the company's ability to deliver compelling bargains, while operating on much lower inventories, remains the primary driver of the strong results, adding that the best performing merchandise categories during the second quarter and year to date periods were Dresses and Shoes, while the strongest regions were the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast.

Shares spiked 4% on ROSS' record quarter.

The Zacks Consensus Estimate Jumps on Strong Results

Ross hiked its earnings guidance and Zacks analysts followed suit. Ross sees full-year earnings ranging between $3.00 to $3.12 per share.

The full-year Zacks Consensus Estimate of $3.08 per share is up 8 cents in just the past week.

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Tim Hortons Inc. (THI) advanced slightly this morning to break through a short-term level of resistance at $24.94. The average forecast on the company's full-year earnings has gone up by 2 cents per share to $1.53 in the last month. THI is a Zacks#2 Rank ("Buy") stock.

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Canadian coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons Inc. (THI) reported an 8% drop in fourth-quarter profit due to lackluster sales in the U.S., but shares soared on Friday as the company boosted its dividend payout by 11%.

In the latest quarter, the company earned 69.1 million Canadian dollars ($54.8 million), or 38 Canadian cents (30 cents). The results include a charge of 8 Canadian cents per share related to the closure of 11 underperforming restaurants in New England. Analysts on average were looking for a profit of 38 cents per share.

Although the Oakville, Ontario-based company warned that its American operations would continue to weigh on its performance in 2009, it said its Canadian business remained strong. Tim Hortons also raised its quarterly dividend by 11% to 10 Canadian cents per share and said it will start buying back $200 million in stock in March.

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