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Stocks that Rule: Baidu, Panera, and Atria (BIDU, PNRA, MO)
Posted September 27th, 2010 by theStockMasters...
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New 52-week highs for shares of Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU), Panera Bread Company (NASDAQ:PNRA), and Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO).

If you're feeling bullish and looking for the stocks that are moving higher, these three bad boys might be worth your dollars.

Baidu.com (BIDU) is back over $100, today its shares hit $102.68 and have increased 162% in the past 12 months. Baidu shares have traded between $35.30 and today's new high over the past 12 months. Baidu is looking expensive with a P/E Ratio of 106 and EPS of 0.96 but with the analysts screaming buy, its apparently worth overlooking.

Baidu.com shares jumped today after Pacific Crest analyst Steve Weinstein repeated his Outperform rating on Baidu (BIDU), lifting his price target on the stock
to $140, from $80. He also raised his 2011 estimates on the company: he now sees revenue of $1.95 billion and profits of $2.29 a share, up from $1.76 billion and $2.02.

Panera (PNRA) shares hit a new high of $89.73 today and in the last month its share price has moved up 12%. Panera Bread Co (PNRA) shares have traded between $53.06 and $89.28 over the past 12 months. Panera Bread Co shares are now trading with a P/E Ratio of 27.2 and EPS of 3.23.

Altria Group (MO) shares peaked at $24.09 today and got as low as $17.28 over the past 12 months. Altria Groupshares are now trading with a P/E Ratio of 14.4 and EPS of 1.66.
From the fool.com today:
Altria in particular has outperformed the S&P 500 by nearly 28 percentage points over the past year -- not even counting dividends. Is now really the time for Stifel to be abandoning its star performers, just as they attain superstar status? Actually, it is.

I say this for a couple of reasons, first and foremost: growth. You'll probably not be surprised to learn that tobacco is not exactly a "growth" industry. Analysts who track the stocks don't expect Lorillard to achieve much more than 6% annual earnings growth over the next five years, while even Altria is going to struggle to break 7%.

Happy safe investing today Masters