Shareholder-Friendly Companies List in Major Financial Publications

Wall-Street.com (WSC) announces the current group of participants in the "Shareholder-Friendly Companies" investor relations program which it sponsors. As a result of their participation in the program, these companies were included in the Wall-Street.com growth company listings that recently appeared in two of the nations major financial publications and are featured in the "Shareholder-Friendly Companies" section of the Wall-Street.com Website (http://www.wall-street.com).

Denver, CO (PRWEB) November 17, 2004 -- Wall-Street.com (WSC) announced the current group of participants in the "Shareholder-Friendly" investor relations program which it sponsors.

As a result of their participation in the program, these companies were included in the Wall-Street.com shareholder-friendly company listings that recently appeared in two of the nation's major financial publications. Additionally, these companies are featured in the "Shareholder-Friendly Companies" section of the Wall-Street.com Website (http://www.wall-street.com).

All were currently profitable. All were either paying dividends or had a low price-to-book ratio (1.9 or less) or both. In addition all exhibited one or more of the following characteristics: from zero debt to a maximum of 75% debt/equity ratio, direct purchase or reinvestment plan available, dividend less than 50% of EPS. Only 15% of America's publicly traded companies passed these tests and were eligible to appear.

The following companies were among those that chose to participate in WSC's exclusive program:

21st Century Holding Co. -- niche insurance co. growing 40%-50% per yr. (http://www.21stcenturyholding.com)
Aqua America, Inc. -- largest investor-owned water utility in the US (http://www.aquaamerica.com)
Bemis Company -- flexible packaging & pressure sensitive products (http://www.bemis.com)
The Cooper Companies, Inc. -- healthcare - medical devices (http://www.coopercos.com)
Corn Products International, Inc. -- agriculturally based ingredient supplier (http://www.cornproducts.com)
First Commonwealth Financial -- financial services / banking (http://www.fcbanking.com)
Frozen Food Express Industries, Inc. -- nationwide, full service, temperature-controlled trucking (http://www.ffex.net)
Goldcorp Inc. -- Canadian based gold producer (http://www.goldcorp.com)
IndyMac Bancorp, Inc. -- hybrid mortgage banker / thrift (http://www.indymacbank.com)
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. -- computer software for financial institutions (http://www.jackhenry.com)
LandAmerica Financial Group -- provider of real estate transaction services (http://www.landam.com)
MDU Resources Group, Inc. -- multidimensional /energy / natural resource co. (http://www.mdu.com)
The Midlannd Company -- specialty property and casualty insurance (http://www.midlandcompany.com)
MidSouth Bancorp, Inc. -- bank holding company (http://www.midsouthbank.com)
ONEOK, Inc. -- diversified energy company (http://www.oneok.com)
Perceptron, Inc. -- process measurement technology (http://www.perceptron.com)
Questar Corp. -- integrated natural gas activities (http://www.questar.com)
Reliance Steel & Aluminum -- metals service center (http://www.rsac.com)
Sonoco Products Co. -- global packaging products and services (http://www.sonoco.com)
Stewart Information Services -- title insurance (http://www.stewinfo.com)
SureWest Communications -- diversified communications services (http://www.surewest.com)
United Security Bancshares -- commerical banking (http://www.unitedsecuritybank.com)

Source: Wall-Street.com 303-766-1990

Wall-Street.com is a division of National Corporate Services, Inc. The firm is a recognized leader in providing support services to investor relations professionals at exceptional companies. Since its introduction in 1984, WSC's Programs have received wide acclaim from leading public relations executives throughout the nation. More recently, WSC has become a leader in providing a convenient, comprehensive gateway to all the important financial data on the Internet. In 1993 WSC established one of the first Web servers providing investment information to online investors. More recently WSC established the IR101 online "classroom" (http://www.ir101.com), offering comprehensive IR information for freshmen practitioners as well as "graduate students" with many years of experience.

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