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Hain Celestial Group (HAIN)

A leader in natural food and personal care products with an array of well-known brands, Hain Celestial Group (HAIN) offers investors one of the strongest growth profiles in the industry. The company's strategic investments plus continued efforts to contain costs, increase productivity and enhance cash flows and margins, have enabled it to deliver healthy results. This is evident from Hain's third-quarter 2012.

Quarterly earnings of $0.54 per share beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.50, and rose 50% from the prior-year quarter. The company's top line also grew an impressive 31.5%. The better-than-expected result prompted management to raise fiscal 2012 earnings guidance to a range of $1.76 to $1.80 per share. Total sales are now projected between $1.40 billion and $1.41 billion for the year.

Acquisitions have been also a key part of the company's strategy to build market share. Buoyed by better-than-expected results and an optimistic outlook, we upgrade our recommendation on the stock to Outperform.

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