9 for the fiscal year ending February 2010

In mid December, MTZ completed itsacquisition of Wanzek Construction, Inc., extending its presence in thealternative energy and infrastructure construction markets. Over the past 3 months, earnings estimates for 2008 and 2009 are up 3.3 and2.8, respectively. Revenue jumped 49 year over year to $398million from $267 million. MTZ is a leading specialty contractor with coreactivities that include the building, installation, maintenance and upgrade ofcommunication and utility infrastructure systems The earnings estimate for Life Partners Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPHI) remainshigher than 2 months ago by 3.3 for the fiscal year ending February 2009 and9.9 for the fiscal year ending February 2010. Next years profit is currentlyexpected to improve by approximately 21 from this year.

In mid December, LPHI announced that it expects fiscal third-quarter earningsper share of 61 cents, which would beat the consensus by almost 11 In theyear-ago period, the company reported 44 cents Revenue growth is expected at46 in the quarter. The company stated that demand for its services continues togrow because investors are looking for asset-based investments in this difficultenvironment that are not correlated to the financial markets. LPHI dealsexclusively with assets that have an inherent value and do not rely on futuremarket performance to realize gains Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. Earnings estimates for the year ended December 2008 are up 13from 3 months ago, while expectations for the year ending December 2009 movedforward 9.2. Analysts expect 2009s profit to advance more than 16 from 2008.

ODSY was featured as a Value Stock of the Day at Zacks in early December,touting the companys expansion through acquisitions and strong third-quarterreport. (NASDAQ: TITN) raised its full fiscal year revenue andearnings guidance during its fiscal third-quarter. The company now expectsrevenue between $635 million and $675 million, instead of $590 million to $635million, and earnings per share between $1.07 and $1.11, instead of 89 cents to94 cents. The raised outlook came as TITN reported strong results in midDecember for the quarter, including earnings per share of 45 cents that beat theconsensus by as much as 95. Meanwhile, revenue jumped to $214 million from$132.2 million year over year, thanks to solid performances from all 3 of itsmain revenue sources. TITN made the Zacks 1 Rank Top Performers List for last week with shares thatrose approximately 10.6. Over the past month, earnings estimates for the yearsending January 2009 and January 2010 have advanced 19.4 and 9.5, respectively.Recently, TITN announced the acquisition of an agriculture equipment dealershipin Minnesota, as well as 9 construction equipment locations in Montana andWyoming.

The company was featured as a Value Stock of the Day at Zacks onDec 18. TITN is a leading network of full service agricultural and constructionequipment stores. About the Zacks RankSince 1988, the Zacks Rank has proven that "Earnings estimate revisions are themost powerful force impacting stock prices." Since inception in 1988, 1 Rankstocks have generated an average annual return of 28. Also note that the Zacks Rank system has just as many Strong Sellrecommendations (Rank 5) as Strong Buy recommendations (Rank 1). Since 1988,Zacks Rank 5 stocks have underperformed the S&P 500 by 80 annually (2 vs.10).