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February 2008 Winners…
Company Symbol % Increase February Close Analysis
CHOICEPOINT

CPS

45.7%

$48.40

Reed Elsevier announced it will acquire ChoicePoint in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4 billion or $50 per share.
FIRST ADVANTAGE

FADV

22.5%


$19.89

First Advantage reported income from continuing operations of $77.4 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2007, compared to $17.6 million for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2006.
ENTRUST

ENTU


21.3%


$2.51


Entrust said that its GetAccess solution will secures the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's National Information Centre E-Government portal.
ABSOLUTE SOFTWARE

ABT.TO

20.7%

$12.55
Absolute Software increased guidance for the year including: increases to subscriber target to 6 million, up from 4 million, by June 30, 2009, and increases to fiscal 2008 cash margin guidance to 35-40%, up from 30-35%.
AXSYS AXYS 16.2%

$44.00

Axsys announced a 42% growth in revenues and 71% growth in income from continuing operations in 4Q.
ALANCO ALAN

15.8%

$1.32

Alanco announced today that it has added sixteen new refrigerated trailer fleet customers in December/January, collectively operating approximately 1,500 refrigerated trailers.
ALLEN-VANGUARD

ALNVF.PK

15.8%

$4.52

Allen-Vanguard said that the U.S. DoD may establish an IDIQ contract for up to 7,500 Symphony IED countermeasure systems.
OMNIVISION

OVTI

12.0%

$15.86

OVTI reported 3Q net income of $22.5 million compared with net income of $4.1 million for the year-earlier period.
HENRY BROTHERS HBE
11.6%

$4.80

While no major announcements were made in February, HBE announced net sales increased 92% and backlog increased 90% in 3Q vs.the same period in the prior year.
GEO GROUP

GEO

11.6%

$26.69

GEO reported 4Q 2007 results: 4Q GAAP income from continuing operations increased to $11.5 million and 4Q revenue increased to $262.6 million.



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