INTERACTIVE BRK (IBKR) - 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 JBLU and IBKR 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:

JetBlue Airways Corporation (JBLU< /a>) posted fourth-quarter earnings per share of 3 cents on January 27 that missed the average forecast by nearly 40%. The Earnings per share dipped 25% on a year-over-year basis. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the full year declined 4 cents to a profit of 46 cents per share in the last 7 days, reflecting cuts by 10 out of 14 analysts. Forecast for 2012 moved down 11 cents to 50 cents per share during a span of 30 days.

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.? (IBKR< /a>) fourth-quarter earnings of 15 cents per share, announced on January 20, marked a 1000% drop on a year-over-year basis in its earnings per share which ended in December 2010. Analysts expected earnings of 17 cents per share. Revenues decreased 16% to $ 922 million from last year?s $1,100 million. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2011 fell 5 cents to 86 cents per share over the past week as 6 analysts out of 7 reduced expectations.

Here is a synopsis of why CRS and FIX 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;

Carpenter Technology Corporation (CRS) reported second-quarter earnings per share of 21 cents on January 25, which came in 13% short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The full-year average forecast dipped 12 cents to $1.26 per share in the last 7 days as 8 out of the 10 covering analysts lowered expectations. Next year?s estimate dropped 4 cents to $2.74 per share in the same period.

Methanex Corporation (USA) (MEOH< /a>) announced fourth-quarter earnings of 30 cents per share on January 26, missing the Zacks consensus estimate by 10 cents that is by around 25 %. The average forecast for 2011 slipped 25 cents to a profit of $2.63 per share over the week as 3 out of the 8 covering analysts slashed projections.
 
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