Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc. is one of the four stocks we highlight this week from the
Earnings and Margins Profit Track Strategy. This strategy goes to the heart of fundamental investing by finding companies with healthy earnings. The main ingredients are the search for Earnings Growth and Net Profit Margins. Then for good measure we make sure earnings estimates are moving higher which is a strong indicator of future performance and that brokerage firms are positively rating the stock.
Here are highlights about four companies currently on the Earnings and Margins Profit Track:
Allis-Chalmers Energy, Inc. (ALY) will announce second-quarter results on August 8, 2007. In early May, the company posted first-quarter results, which included earnings per share that beat the consensus estimate by 14% and were ahead of the year-prior result. ALY sports earnings per share growth of 231% for the most recently completed year, versus the year-prior. The company offers a net margin of 0.12.
Dynamex, Inc. (DDMX) has a net margin of 0.04. For the last full year, the company's earnings growth stands 17% over the year-prior. Dynamex reported fiscal third-quarter earnings of 32 cents per share in early June. The result matched the consensus estimate and outperformed the year-ago quarter. Sales increased 19.1% from the prior-year quarter.
Gulfport Energy Corp. (GPOR), a Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) company, released first-quarter earnings of 21 cents per share in mid-May. The result surged past the previous year's eight cents. Gulfport Energy Corp. meets the criteria for this Profit Track as evidenced by its net margin of 0.46 and full-year earnings growth of 141%, when compared to the year-prior result.
IntegraMed America, Inc. (INMD) offers a net margin of 0.03. The company sports earnings growth of 80% for the most recently completed year, versus the year-prior. INMD will report results for the second quarter on August 2, 2007. In early May, the company released first-quarter results, mentioning that it had solid growth in revenue and contribution from the Provider segment of the business.
