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Friday, January 09, 2009

Charles Payne: 3 Stocks, Charles' Choice

Charles Payne, Contributor

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3 Stocks

KB Home (KBH)

KBH reported its earnings results before the open. The Street is looking for a loss of $1.18 on revenue of $792.8 million. The industry was mixed to mostly higher yesterday. Investors will be watching the pace of order calculations and whether government efforts to assist home buyers are making a dent.

Apollo Group (APOL)

APOL posted earnings after the close and blew the Street away (I keep saying, own the education stocks). The company earned $1.12 versus the consensus of 98 cents a share -- and also beat on the top line. The company is well positioned even though its spending more on selling and marketing (23.5% of revenue versus 22.6%) it's obviously working -- the stock is up bigtime!

General Mills (GIS)

GIS has an analysts meeting Friday, and it's important because the stock has come down a lot from its high of $72. The company has beaten earnings estimates in each of the last four quarters and last year there were five "buy" recommendations and the other Wall Street rating of neutral was an upgrade. This was a $3.44 stock in Feb 1984...

Charles's Choice
AK Steel (AKS)

Energy Conversion Devices (ENER)

Gymboree (GYMB)