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What: "This is a collect call for Valassis Communications (NYSE: VCI) shareholders. Will you accept the profit?" Decide quickly, because the stock's up 15% already …

So what: On the surface, it wasn't a super first quarter for Valassis. Revenues actually dropped slightly against the year-ago quarter. Profits-per-share plummeted from $6.26 all the way down to $0.41. However, considering that last year's Q1 profit was inflated by a monster litigation settlement with News America Incorporated -- a sub-subsidiary of News Corp (NYSE: NWSA) -- today's numbers look a whole lot better. Adjusted to exclude last year's one-time factors, the company's underlying profitability actually improved by about 40%.

Now what: I'm no great fan of "forward estimates," but given the size of the "outlier" distorting Valassis's historical earnings, I'll make an exception in this case. According to management, Valassis is set to earn $2.76 per share this year -- and analysts expect it to grow that number at a near-17% clip every year for the next five. While I admit to having reservations about the company's direct advertising business model, here in the age of Groupon, Facebook, and Google Offers, the prospect of paying 11 times earnings for a 17% grower does still attract me. If Valassis isn't a bargain trap, it just may be the bargain of the century.

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