Analyst Rating Ranking of NASDAQ-100 Stocks (Updated 8/18/2008)

Below is the Analyst Rating Ranking of stocks in the NASDAQ-100 index, based on Wall Street analysts' ratings. Each analyst rating is assigned a number ranging from 1 to 5, with 1 being the highest rating (BUY) and 5 being the lowest rating (SELL). Then the average is calculated to represent the overall rating of a stock. Analyst Rating is NOT the only metric to evaluate a stock - the following rankings should also be considered: Profitability, Future EPS Growth Rate, Potential Upside, Short Interest, Year-to-Date Performance.

Rank	Company (Stock Symbol)	Average Rating	Avg Value	# of Analysts
1	Staples, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPLS)	Buy	1.36	14
2	Focus Media Holding Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:FMCN)	Buy	1.47	15
3	Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ:ATVI)	Buy	1.48	23
4	Discovery Holding Company (NASDAQ:DISCA)	Buy	1.50	6
5	Foster Wheeler Ltd. (NASDAQ:FWLT)	Buy	1.50	6
6	Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)	Outperform	1.52	34
7	Liberty Global Inc. (NASDAQ:LBTYA)	Outperform	1.57	7
8	Genzyme Corporation (NASDAQ:GENZ)	Outperform	1.59	23
9	Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)	Outperform	1.63	32
10	Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ:CELG)	Outperform	1.65	23
11	Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL)	Outperform	1.67	24
12	NII Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NIHD)	Outperform	1.67	15
13	QUALCOMM, Inc. (NASDAQ:QCOM)	Outperform	1.73	27
14	Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ:CTSH)	Outperform	1.74	19
15	Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)	Outperform	1.77	35
16	Cephalon, Inc. (NASDAQ:CEPH)	Outperform	1.79	24
17	Flextronics International Ltd. (NASDAQ:FLEX)	Outperform	1.80	20
18	Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)	Outperform	1.82	39
19	Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISV)	Outperform	1.82	17
20	Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:GILD)	Outperform	1.83	31
21	Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (ADR) (NASDAQ:TEVA)	Outperform	1.86	22
22	Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM)	Outperform	1.87	30
23	Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ:ADBE)	Outperform	1.87	23
24	The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DTV)	Outperform	1.88	16
25	Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ:VMED)	Outperform	1.89	10
26	Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL)	Outperform	1.89	28
27	Apollo Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:APOL)	Outperform	1.94	17
28	Logitech International SA (USA) (NASDAQ:LOGI)	Outperform	1.95	20
29	Microchip Technology Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHP)	Outperform	1.95	20
30	Amgen, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMGN)	Outperform	1.96	26
31	Expeditors International of Washington (NASDAQ:EXPD)	Outperform	2.00	9
32	Hansen Natural Corporation (NASDAQ:HANS)	Outperform	2.00	8
33	Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISRG)	Outperform	2.00	13
34	Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ:VRTX)	Outperform	2.00	19
35	DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY)	Outperform	2.00	7
36	Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ:ERTS)	Outperform	2.04	24
37	Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR)	Outperform	2.05	20
38	Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS)	Outperform	2.07	30
39	Express Scripts, Inc. (NASDAQ:ESRX)	Outperform	2.08	25
40	Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ:CHKP)	Outperform	2.09	22
41	Stericycle, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRCL)	Outperform	2.10	10
42	Research In Motion Limited (USA) (NASDAQ:RIMM)	Outperform	2.14	36
43	Expedia, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXPE)	Outperform	2.14	14
44	Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX)	Outperform	2.15	20
45	NetApp Inc. (NASDAQ:NTAP)	Outperform	2.15	26
46	Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKAM)	Outperform	2.16	25
47	Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO)	Outperform	2.16	31
48	Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD)	Outperform	2.17	12
49	Hologic, Inc. (NASDAQ:HOLX)	Outperform	2.18	17
50	Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR)	Outperform	2.18	28
51	NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)	Outperform	2.19	27
52	Lam Research Corporation (NASDAQ:LRCX)	Outperform	2.21	19
53	Infosys Technologies Limited (ADR) (NASDAQ:INFY)	Outperform	2.24	17
54	C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHRW)	Outperform	2.25	12
55	Joy Global Inc. (NASDAQ:JOYG)	Outperform	2.25	12
56	Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT)	Outperform	2.26	27
57	Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL)	Outperform	2.27	30
58	Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)	Outperform	2.29	21
59	Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ:PAYX)	Outperform	2.29	17
60	Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX)	Outperform	2.29	17
61	Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK)	Outperform	2.30	20
62	UAL Corporation (NASDAQ:UAUA)	Outperform	2.30	10
63	Verisign, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRSN)	Outperform	2.30	20
64	KLA-Tencor Corporation (NASDAQ:KLAC)	Outperform	2.32	22
65	Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ:SYMC)	Outperform	2.32	31
66	PetSmart, Inc. (NASDAQ:PETM)	Outperform	2.35	17
67	Intuit Inc. (NASDAQ:INTU)	Outperform	2.36	14
68	Sirius XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI)	Outperform	2.39	13
69	Fastenal Company (NASDAQ:FAST)	Outperform	2.40	10
70	Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC)	Outperform	2.42	26
71	Wynn Resorts, Limited (NASDAQ:WYNN)	Outperform	2.44	16
72	Liberty Media Corporation (Interactive) (NASDAQ:LINTA)	Outperform	2.44	9
73	Sigma-Aldrich Corporation (NASDAQ:SIAL)	Outperform	2.44	9
74	Patterson Companies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PDCO)	Outperform	2.45	11
75	Monster Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNST)	Outperform	2.47	17
76	Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)	Outperform	2.50	26
77	Baidu.com, Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ:BIDU)	Outperform	2.50	18
78	IAC/InterActiveCorp (NASDAQ:IACI)	Outperform	2.50	12
79	PACCAR Inc (NASDAQ:PCAR)	Outperform	2.50	12
80	DISH Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH)	Hold	2.53	15
81	Millicom International Cellular SA (USA) (NASDAQ:MICC)	Hold	2.53	16
82	Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP)	Hold	2.56	18
83	Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBY)	Hold	2.57	21
84	eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY)	Hold	2.62	26
85	Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS)	Hold	2.63	8
86	Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ:CTAS)	Hold	2.64	11
87	Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ:BIIB)	Hold	2.70	27
88	Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO)	Hold	2.73	30
89	CA, Inc. (NASDAQ:CA)	Hold	2.75	12
90	Ryanair Holdings plc (ADR) (NASDAQ:RYAAY)	Hold	2.75	4
91	Henry Schein, Inc. (NASDAQ:HSIC)	Hold	2.80	10
92	Whole Foods Market, Inc. (NASDAQ:WFMI)	Hold	2.87	15
93	Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMLN)	Hold	2.90	19
94	Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ:GRMN)	Hold	2.90	19
95	Lamar Advertising Company (NASDAQ:LAMR)	Hold	2.92	13
96	Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA)	Hold	2.95	20
97	Costco Wholesale Corporation (NASDAQ:COST)	Hold	2.95	21
98	SanDisk Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK)	Hold	3.00	20
99	Level 3 Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:LVLT)	Hold	3.18	18
100	Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:SHLD)	Underperform	3.83	6

Other Rankings of NASDAQ-100 Stocks: Profitability, Future EPS Growth Rate, Potential Upside, Short Interest, Year-to-Date Performance