CHICAGO, May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Zacks.com releases details on a group of stocks that are currently members of the exclusive Zacks #5 Rank List – Stocks to Sell Now. These stocks are currently rated as a Zacks Rank #5 (Strong Sell): Libbey Inc. (AMEX: LBY) and Hanwha Solarone Co Ltd (Nasdaq: HOSL). Further, Zacks announced #4 Rankings (Sell) on two other widely held stocks: Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP) and Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSYS). To see the full Zacks #5 Rank List - Stocks to Sell Now visit: http://at.zacks.com/?id=92

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Since inception in 1988, the S&P 500 has outperformed the Zacks #5 Rank List of Stocks to Sell Now by 80% annually (+2% vs. +10%). While the rest of Wall Street continued to tout stocks during the market declines of the last few years, Zacks told investors which stocks to sell or avoid.

Here is a synopsis of why LBY and HOSL have a Zacks Rank of #5 (Strong Sell) and should most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #5 Strong Sell rating is applied to 5% of all the stocks in the Zacks Rank universe:

Libbey Inc. (AMEX: LBY) reported first-quarter loss of 3 cents per share on April 28, which came in nearly 200% short of analysts' expectations. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year decreased 11 cents to a profit of $1.30 over the past month as 2 analysts out of 3 revised downwards. Next year's forecast fell 13 cents to $1.67 per share during that period.

Hanwha Solarone Co Ltd (Nasdaq: HOSL) announced fourth -quarter loss of 16 cents per share on March 17 that missed analysts' expectations by 135%. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current year slipped 4 cents to $1.28 per share in the last 30 days as 2 out of the 13 covering analysts reduced estimates. Next year's estimate dipped a penny to $1.30 per share in that time span.

Here is a synopsis of why KOP and FSYS have a Zacks Rank of 4 (Sell) and should also most likely be sold or avoided for the next one to three months. Note that a #4 Sell rating is applied to 15% of all the stocks ranked by Zacks;

Koppers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KOP) posted a first-quarter profit of 40 cents per share on May 5, which missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 2 cents. The full-year average dipped 3 cents to $2.95 per share from $2.98 in the last 30 days as 2 analysts out of 7 slashed estimates.

Fuel Systems Solutions, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: FSYS) first-quarter profit of 2 cents per share, reported earlier this month missed analysts expectations by 80%. This apart the earnings missed the previous year's earning by $1.57 per share. The forecast for 2011 fell 13 cents to 68 cents per share in a span of 30 days as 5 out of the 7 covering analysts reduced forecasts. Estimate for 2012 fell a penny to a profit of $1.28 per share in that time span.

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