Cost Cuts Will Keep Ad Specialist Profitable

HARTE-HANKS INC. $5.29 (New York symbol HHS; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 63.3 million; Market cap: $334.9 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.3; WSSF Rating: Average) provides direct mail and other marketing services. It also publishes free “shopper” newspapers in Florida and California. These papers… Read More

Ad Specialist Prepares for a Rebound

HARTE-HANKS INC. $12 (New York symbol HHS; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; Shares outstanding: 63.2 million; Market cap: $758.4 million; WSSF Rating: Average) has struggled in the past year, as weaker demand for advertising has hurt earnings at its direct marketing operations (66% of revenue)… Read More

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NVIDIA CORP. $34 (Nasdaq symbol NVDA; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 362.0 million; Market cap: $12.3 billion; WSSF Rating: Average) earned $0.33 a share in its first fiscal quarter ended April 29, 2007, up 37.5% from $0.24 a year earlier. Revenue… Read More

Harte-Hanks, Inc. $26 – New York symbol HHS

HARTE-HANKS, INC. $26 (New York symbol HHS; Aggressive Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector; WSSF Rating: Average) helps companies identify and target potential customers, and works with them to develop an advertising strategy. Direct marketing provides roughly 60% of its revenue, and just over half its profit… Read More

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As competition in most industries increases, many companies plan to spend more money developing new products in the next few years. These costs hurt their earnings, but could lead to higher sales for years to come.

Most companies also plan to spend more advertising and marketing… Read More