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Neutral - Price 13.15 on Dec. 10
by B. Riley & Co.

HINT provides construction-industry project management. Shares are above our 12 target...based on multiple of 20 times our fiscal-year '08 EPS estimate. HINT trades [around] enterprise-value/sales, EV/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and P/E multiples of approximately 2 times, 13.2 times and 22.2 times our FY '08 estimates, respectively. Market-cap: $389 million.

Hill International - HINT-NNM
Buy - Price 11.20 on Nov. 13
by Morgan Joseph


Hill reported 3Q07 results (September) that beat our projections on a combination of better-than-anticipated net revenue growth and margins in Project Management segment. Reported EPS were 13 cents versus our and Street's 11 cents, and 12 cents last year. Net revenues increased 51.2% to $51.5 million, versus our $48.8 million. (This engineering/construction firm's...project-management group provides services including troubled-project turnaround...and advice...on claims and disputes that arise in any phase of a construction project.) Our 12 target is based on 20 times our 2008 EPS estimate [60 cents]...Risks to target include... change in government appropriations; acquisition integration risk; and litigation risk [with outside contractors].

BUY

infrastructure play unknown name

Strong management committed to growing company. Good industry and good company fundamentals. Avg Price = $5.32. Portfolio weight = highest.

Current ratio improving