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Monday, 09/17/2007 8:38:44 AM

Monday, September 17, 2007 8:38:44 AM

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Rational for my selections which are recapped here: 

 
 Symbol  Price       Industry              P/E   Sales%   NPM% 
 ------  ------  -----------------------  -----  ------  ----- 
 GHM     $42.67  Misc Capital Goods       23.20  36.82   10.26 
 HURC    $49.07  Scientific Equip         15.79  32.67   11.02 
 BTJ     $36.91  Oil Servicing            19.78  60.92   21.02 
 VSNT    $18.82  Software                 12.25  37.30   30.00 
 AEY      $7.18  Communication Equip      13.49  33.06   10.42 
 NVEC    $31.56  Electronics Instruments  27.63  29.55   31.22


I used Reuters free Power Screener Lite application ( http://www.investor.reuters.com/nscreen/builder.asp#editor ) with the following criteria to come up with my six stocks:

Country: USA - no international stuff here
Price: Less than $50 a share - why not
P/E Excluding Extraordinary Items: < 50
Sales Pct Chg vs Prior Year Same Quarter: > 25
EPS Pct Chg vs Prior Year Same Quarter: > 30
Operating Margin > Net Profit Margin - weed out special items
Net Profit Margin for Trailing 12 Mos: >= 10%
Return on Equity Trailing 12 mos: > 16%
Return on Investment Trailing 12 mos: > 16%
Shares Outstanding Most Recent: < 15 million - low shares = higher EPS
Sales for trailing 12 mos: < $200 million - small cap
Not in the following Industries: Advertising, Airline, Computer Network, Computer Equipment, Insurance, Broker, Jewlery, Major Bank, Photography, Retail

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