COPANO EGY LLC (CPNO) - Profit Tracks

Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% versus +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid.

Here is a synopsis of why BECN and CPNO have a Zacks Rank of #5 (Strong Sell) and should most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #5 Strong Sell rating is applied to 5% of all the stocks in the Zacks Rank universe:

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (BENC) announced a third-quarter earnings of 35 cents per share on August 5, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 11 cents. The company posted earnings per share of 38 cents in the year-ago period. Estimates fell 4 cents to 81 cents in the past month for 2010 as 2 out of the 11 covering analysts reduced forecasts.

Copano Energy, L.L.C. (CPNO) posted second-quarter loss of 7 cents per share on August 5 while analysts projected a profit of 7 cents. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the full-year slipped 6 cents to a loss of 2 cents per share in the last 30 days as one analyst out of 5 reduced expectations. The following year?s forecast decreased 5 cents to a profit of 70 cents per share in that time span.

Here is a synopsis of why JACK and THRX have a Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) and should also most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #4 Sell rating is applied to 15% of all the stocks ranked by Zacks;

Jack in the Box Inc. (JACK)reported a third-quarter profit of 4 cent per share August 4, which fell 7.6% short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Revenues slid 9.1% to $523.3 million. The full-year average forecast dropped 24 cents to $1.70 per share over the past couple of months. During that time, next year?s estimate declined 27 cents to $1.89 per share.

Theravance, Inc. (THRX)second-quarter loss of 28 cents per share, posted on July 22, came in 1 cent worse than the average forecast. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year is pegged at a loss of $1.16 per share, which worsened 6cents in the last two months. Next year?s average forecast also widened 6cents to a loss of $1.16 in the same period.
 
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