Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: Odyssey HealthCare, Inc., Nu Skin Enterprises, HealthSouth Corp. and Steve Madden Limited

CHICAGO, Nov 06, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry's leading independent research firm highlights one Zacks #1 Rank Strong Buy or a Zacks #2 Rank Buy stock for each of the four main styles of investing: Aggressive Growth, Growth & Income, Momentum, and Value.

The four highlighted picks are: Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. (Nasdaq: ODSY), Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS), HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS) and Steve Madden Limited (Nasdaq: SHOO).

Today, Zacks is promoting its ''Buy'' stock recommendations. Four daily picks are offered free at http://at.zacks.com/?id=88 Zacks #1 Rank Stocks have nearly tripled the S&P 500 since 1988, producing an average annual return of +26%. Performance has been notable even during volatile and down times. For example, during the last bear market, 2000-2002, the market tumbled -37.6% -- but Zacks #1 Rank stocks gained +43.8%.

Here is a summary of today's selected stocks that are now highly rated by Zacks: Aggressive Growth -- Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. (Nasdaq: ODSY) Odyssey HealthCare, Inc. is surging following its third consecutive earnings surprise, this time topping forecasts by 40%.

Zacks Guide to Aggressive Growth Investing (free!): http://at.zacks.com/?id=4309 Growth & Income -- Nu Skin Enterprises (NYSE: NUS) Nu Skin Enterprises recently posted record results for the third quarter.

Earnings per share of 41 cents topped the previous year's 26 cents and matched the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Revenue was a record $334.2 million, an increase of 8% year-over-year.

Zacks Guide to Growth & Income Investing (free!): http://at.zacks.com/?id=4310 Momentum -- HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS) HealthSouth Corp. is producing strong results by growing its revenue and more effectively managing its costs.

Zacks Guide to Momentum Investing (free!): http://at.zacks.com/?id=4311 Value -- Steve Madden Limited (Nasdaq: SHOO) Steve Madden Limited is hot. The company posted record sales in the third quarter and has raised 2009 earnings guidance each of the last 3 quarters. SHOO is attractively valued, trading at 14.2x forward earnings.

Zacks Guide to Value Investing (free!): http://at.zacks.com/?id=4312 How to Regularly Access Picks from the Zacks Rank Discovery for Free: http://at.zacks.com/?id=88 Underlying the four free stock picks is a simple truth that first appeared in a Financial Analysts Journal article published in 1979. Leonard Zacks, a Ph.D. in Mathematics from M.I.T. found that "earnings estimate revisions are the most powerful force impacting stock prices." Zacks #1 Rank is awarded to a stock when analysts sharply upgrade their estimates of what the company will earn.

Today, Zacks is promoting its stock recommendations by offering four daily picks free to those who register at http://at.zacks.com/?id=88 About Zacks Zacks.com is a property of Zacks Investment Research, Inc., which was formed in 1978 by Len Zacks. The company continually processes stock reports issued by 3,000 analysts from 150 brokerage firms. It monitors more than 200,000 earnings estimates, looking for changes.

Then, when changes are discovered, they're applied to help assign more than 4,400 stocks into five Zacks Rank categories: #1 Strong Buy, #2 Buy, #3 Hold, #4 Sell, and #5 Strong Sell. This proprietary stock-picking system continues to outperform the market by a nearly 3-to-1 margin.

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