Zacks Return On Equity Strategy Highlights: Accenture LTD, Bunge LTD., Coca-Cola...

Zacks Return On Equity Strategy Highlights: Accenture LTD, Bunge LTD., Coca-Cola FEMSA and Western Digital Corp.

CHICAGO--(Business Wire)--One of the quickest ways to gauge whether a company is creating
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the S&P 500 rise of 16.7%. Four stocks meeting this screen's exclusive
criteria are Accenture (NYSE: ACN), Bunge Ltd. (NYSE: BG), Coca-Cola
FEMSA (NYSE: KOF) and Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC). View the
entire list of stocks for the ROE Profit Track at
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Here are details about four companies currently identified by the
ROE Profit Track:

Accenture LTD (NYSE: ACN) is a management consulting, technology
services, and outsourcing company with a blistering ROE reading of
67.65, dwarfing the industry average of 15.21%. This Zacks Rank #1
Stock has logged a fairly respectable performance thus far in 2008,
trading within a few points of its high-water mark just above $36. The
analyst community has been very bullish on the company lately, with
eight of ten covering analysts increasing their next-year forecasts
within the last 30 days. This has pushed the next-year consensus
estimate higher by 14 cents, to its current reading of $2.63 per
share. Accenture is set to report again on Mar 25.

Bunge Ltd. (NYSE: BG) engages in the agriculture and food
business. The company's stock price had a banner 2007, logging close
to a 100% gain. This growth in share price has certainly been fueled
by the company's knack to grow its earnings. On Oct 25, Bunge reported
an amazing quarter, with net income more than doubling and climbing to
$351 million. There is no doubt that Bunge will be using this windfall
of profits to invest in itself and grow organically, with an ROE of
14.2. The company also boasts a very impressive price/book multiple of
2.19.

Coca-Cola FEMSA (NYSE: KOF) is the Latin American bottler of
Coca-Cola products. This company boasts some very impressive
credentials, including an ROE of 15.04, making it a great pick for
this ROE profit track. The company's revenue stream has been on a very
nice upward trend, as evidenced by its last reported quarter. Revenue
was up 6% from the same period last year. Net income increased 11.5%.
These numbers produced earnings of 93 cents, well ahead of analyst
expectations of 66 cents. This Zacks Rank #1 Stock is operating in a
Zacks Industry Rank #25 out of 217, very distinguished territory on
both accounts.

Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) designs, develops, manufactures,
and sells hard drives worldwide. Western Digital is a Zacks Rank #1
Stock that boasts an impressive ROE reading of 28.71, easily trumping
the industry average of 12.88%. The company has no debt on its books
and a price/book multiple of 2.91, adding to an already impressive
list of credentials. Western Digital has an awesome history of
surprising and beating analyst estimates, having done so by an average
of four cents, or 9.32%.

Discover all the current stocks currently on the ROE Profit Track
at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=1854.

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