Zacks Sell List Highlights: Amazon.com, Companhia Brasileira de Distrib, Techne and Landauer - Press Releases

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Chicago, IL –September 14, 2010 – Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are currently members of the exclusive Zacks #5 Rank List – Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) and Companhia Brasileira de Distrib. (CBD). Further, Zacks announced #4 Rankings (Sell) on two other widely held stocks: Techne Corporation (TECH) and Landauer, Inc. (LDR). To see the full Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now visit: http://at.zacks.com/?id=5522

Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List of Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% vs. +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 AMZN and CBD 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:

Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) posted a second-quarter profit of 45 cents per share on July 22, while analysts projected a profit of 56 cents. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year is pegged at a profit of $2.64 per share which declined by a penny in the last 30 days. This downward revision was made by 2 out of the 35 covering analysts bringing the average forecast for 2011 down by 1cent to $3.54 per share.

Companhia Brasileira de Distrib. (CBD) announced second-quarter earnings of 28 cents a share on July 22, which was 38 cents below the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the full year decreased 91 cents to $2.40 per share over the past two months. The next year's estimate dropped 64 cents to $3.22 in the same time period.

Here is a synopsis of why TECH and LDR 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;

Techne Corporation (TECH) reported fourth-quarter earnings per share of 69 cents on August 10, which came in 2 cents shy of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The full-year average forecast dipped 3 cents to $3 per share in the last 60 days. Next year's estimate dropped 10 cents to $3.37 per share in the same time span.

Landauer, Inc.'s (LDR) third-quarter earnings of 66 cents per share, announced on August 3, lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 3 cents. The average forecast for 2010 decreased 11 cents to a profit of $2.76 per share in the last 60 days. During that time period, the following year's estimate moved down 12 cents to $3.05 per share.

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