Date updated:12-15-2008
While thousands of companies achieved earnings growth during the economic expansion that ended a year ago, prospects for most are dimmer for the current and upcoming recessionary years.
But an analysis of TheStreet.com Ratings' stock database found five companies whose growth is expected to continue.
-- Richard Widows, TheStreet.com Ratings
(Data as of Dec. 5, 2008)

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BCPC
Balchem Corporati - $31.15
- 0.00%
- $N/A
Industry: Chemicals... TheStreet.com Ratings Reward Grade: A-... TheStreet.com Ratings Risk Grade: B-... TheStreet.com Ratings Overall Grade: A... TheStreet.com Ratings: Recommendation: Buy... Recent price: 25.38... Market Cap ($Mil.): 461.6... Total Assets ($Mil.): 154.4... Total Debt ($Mil.): 28.0... Latest Fisc. Yr. Revenue ($Mil.): 176.2... FY EPS: 0.87... EPS - Curr. Year Consensus: 1.03... EPS - Next Yr. Consensus: 1.24... 3-Yr. EPS Ann'l Growth Rate (%): 90.8... Curr. Yr. Projected EPS Growth (%): 18.39... Next Yr. Projected EPS Growth (%): 20.39... Earnings Before Interest &; Taxes ($Mil.): 25.9... Cash Flow from Operations ($Mil.): 15.6... Price/Book Ratio: 4.2x... Ret'n on Equity (%): 16.5... P/E - Current Year: 24.6x... P/E - Next Year: 20.5x... Dividend Yield (%): 0.43

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CBST
Cubist Pharmaceut - $16.95
- 0.00%
- $N/A
Industry: Biotechnology... TheStreet.com Ratings Reward Grade: A+... TheStreet.com Ratings Risk Grade: B... TheStreet.com Ratings Overall Grade: A... TheStreet.com Ratings: Recommendation: Buy... Recent price: 26.98... Market Cap ($Mil.): 1,537.4 ... Total Assets ($Mil.): 534.5... Total Debt ($Mil.): 350.0... Latest Fisc. Yr. Revenue ($Mil.): 294.6... FY EPS: 0.83... EPS - Curr. Year Consensus: 1.26... EPS - Next Yr. Consensus: 1.74... 3-Yr. EPS Ann'l Growth Rate (%): 146.8... Curr. Yr. Projected EPS Growth (%): 51.81... Next Yr. Projected EPS Growth (%): 37.70... Earnings Before Interest &; Taxes ($Mil.): 56.6... Cash Flow from Operations ($Mil.): 100.8... Price/Book Ratio: 10.4x... Ret'n on Equity (%): 37.2... P/E - Current Year: 21.4x... P/E - Next Year: 15.6x... Dividend Yield (%): 0.00

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DV
Devry Inc - $54.03
- -0.02%
- $54.13
Industry: ... TheStreet.com Ratings Reward Grade: ... TheStreet.com Ratings Risk Grade: ... TheStreet.com Ratings Overall Grade: ... TheStreet.com Ratings: Recommendation: ... Recent price: ... Market Cap ($Mil.): ... Total Assets ($Mil.): ... Total Debt ($Mil.): ... Latest Fisc. Yr. Revenue ($Mil.): ... FY EPS: ... EPS - Curr. Year Consensus: ... EPS - Next Yr. Consensus: ... 3-Yr. EPS Ann'l Growth Rate (%): ... Curr. Yr. Projected EPS Growth (%): ... Next Yr. Projected EPS Growth (%): ... Earnings Before Interest &; Taxes ($Mil.): ... Cash Flow from Operations ($Mil.): ... Price/Book Ratio: ... Ret'n on Equity (%): ... P/E - Current Year: ... P/E - Next Year: ... Dividend Yield (%):

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FLIR
Flir Systems - $29.57
- -0.17%
- $29.56
Industry: ... TheStreet.com Ratings Reward Grade: ... TheStreet.com Ratings Risk Grade: ... TheStreet.com Ratings Overall Grade: ... TheStreet.com Ratings: Recommendation: ... Recent price: ... Market Cap ($Mil.): ... Total Assets ($Mil.): ... Total Debt ($Mil.): ... Latest Fisc. Yr. Revenue ($Mil.): ... FY EPS: ... EPS - Curr. Year Consensus: ... EPS - Next Yr. Consensus: ... 3-Yr. EPS Ann'l Growth Rate (%): ... Curr. Yr. Projected EPS Growth (%): ... Next Yr. Projected EPS Growth (%): ... Earnings Before Interest &; Taxes ($Mil.): ... Cash Flow from Operations ($Mil.): ... Price/Book Ratio: ... Ret'n on Equity (%): ... P/E - Current Year: ... P/E - Next Year: ... Dividend Yield (%):

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LHCG
Lhc Group - $31.25
- 0.00%
- $N/A
Industry: ... TheStreet.com Ratings Reward Grade: ... TheStreet.com Ratings Risk Grade: ... TheStreet.com Ratings Overall Grade: ... TheStreet.com Ratings: Recommendation: ... Recent price: ... Market Cap ($Mil.): ... Total Assets ($Mil.): ... Total Debt ($Mil.): ... Latest Fisc. Yr. Revenue ($Mil.): ... FY EPS: ... EPS - Curr. Year Consensus: ... EPS - Next Yr. Consensus: ... 3-Yr. EPS Ann'l Growth Rate (%): ... Curr. Yr. Projected EPS Growth (%): ... Next Yr. Projected EPS Growth (%): ... Earnings Before Interest &; Taxes ($Mil.): ... Cash Flow from Operations ($Mil.): ... Price/Book Ratio: ... Ret'n on Equity (%): ... P/E - Current Year: ... P/E - Next Year: ... Dividend Yield (%):
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