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Richard Moroney’s Stock Highlights Featured on Zacks.com

CHICAGO, Jun 08, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Richard Moroney highlights companies with especially strong fundamentals. Learn his screening strategy and discover Men's Wearhouse (NYSE:MW), United PanAm Financial (NASDAQ:UPFC), Digital River (Nasdaq:DRIV), Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment (NYSE:DDE) and Riverview Bancorp (Nasdaq:RVSB). Richard Moroney is the editor of the Upside newsletter. Get the full story exclusively on Zacks.com.

Highlights from the June 5 Featured Expert column by Richard Moroney include:

The following companies seem capable of delivering steady growth over the next 18 to 24 months, and they have attractive valuations:

Specialty retailer Men's Wearhouse (NYSE:MW) sells brand-name and private-label clothing and accessories. The company is benefiting from increased store traffic, improved tuxedo rentals, and higher profit margins. Potential acquisitions, new business initiatives, and expansion of the tuxedo business should help sustain near-term growth. In 2006, Men's Wearhouse plans to open five retail dry-cleaning and laundry facilities in the Houston area. Total revenue increased 6% to $435 million, while same-store sales rose 2.7% in the U.S. and 3.9% in Canada.

United PanAm Financial (NASDAQ:UPFC) offers nonprime automobile loans through a network of 113 offices in 32 states. Nonprime borrowers typically cannot obtain financing from traditional lenders. United PanAm competes mostly with smaller, independent finance companies. Nearly all loans are for used cars, with an average term of 50 months and an average monthly payment of $291. Loan quality has improved in recent years, and purchased loan contracts have increased. Over the last three years, revenue, per-share earnings, and cash flow have increased at least 24% annually. With strong sales and profit momentum, solid growth prospects and a reasonable valuation, United PanAm represents a top pick among specialty finance companies. The company faces a host of competition. In addition, higher interest rates could weigh on car sales and impact loan delinquencies.

A sampling of the Upside Buy List

Digital River (Nasdaq:DRIV) provides comprehensive electronic commerce outsourcing solutions. They are an application service provider that enables its clients to access their proprietary electronic commerce system over the Internet. They have developed a technology platform that allows them to provide a suite of electronic commerce services. The company also provides analytical marketing and merchandising services.

Dover Downs Gaming & Entertainment (NYSE:DDE) is a diversified gaming and entertainment company whose operations consist of Dover Downs Slots, an 80,000 square foot video lottery (slots) casino complex; the Dover Downs Hotel and Conference Center, featuring luxury accommodations with conference, banquet, fine dining, ballroom and concert hall facilities; and the Dover Downs Raceway, a harness racing track with pari-mutuel wagering on live and simulcast horse races.

Riverview Bancorp (Nasdaq:RVSB) is a holding company for Riverview Savings Bank. The bank is a community oriented financial institution offering traditional financial services to the residents of its primary market area. The bank is engaged in the business of attracting deposits from the public and using such funds to originate fixed-rate mortgage loans and adjustable rate mortgage loans secured by one- to- four family residential real estate located in its primary market area.

Read Richard Moroney's commentary to learn his screening strategy and discover more stocks.

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Please note that the discussion of the investments and investment strategy of Horizon Investment Services, LLC (including Horizon’s research and investment process) represent the investments and investment strategy of Mr. Moroney and Horizon at the date of the article, and are subject to change without notice. Horizon cannot assure that the type of stocks mentioned in the article will outperform any other investment strategy in the future, nor can it guarantee that such stocks will present the best or an attractive risk-adjusted investment in the future. References to an individual security should not be construed as a recommendation to buy or sell that security. In addition, the securities noted in this article are but several of the many successful, as well as unsuccessful, investments by Horizon and do not represent all of the securities that Horizon has purchased, sold or recommended to clients. Horizon cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any statements or numerical data in the article. Past performance is no indication of future results.