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What: Shares of staffing services company TrueBlue
So what: Apparently the unemployment picture isn't as dire as the U.S. Labor Department would have you believe -- at least if you consider the figures TrueBlue just reported. For the quarter, the blue-collar staffer reported a profit of $0.20 on revenue of $320 million. While revenue was in line with consensus estimates, its profit beat estimates by $0.02. More importantly, the company sees "third-quarter growth accelerating," in its own words. TrueBlue's third-quarter revenue guidance of $360 million to $370 million and an EPS projection of $0.27-$0.32 easily trumps current Wall Street estimates.
Now what: Much of the staffing sector appears relatively inexpensive. Manpower
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