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  • Volume 66,281
  • Wed May 22, 2013 4:00 PM EDT NYSE data delayed 15 minutes.
Average recommendation
19 Analysts Reporting (May 22, 2013)
Strong Buy
Buy
Hold
Underperform
Sell
Change over time
Analyst rating breakdown
  Latest 4 weeks ago 2 months ago 3 months ago Last Year
Strong Buy 7 7 7 7 8
Buy 0 0 0 0 0
Hold 10 9 8 9 9
Underperform 1 1 1 1 1
Sell 1 2 2 2 2

As of Thu May 23, 2013 9:19 AM EDT
The consensus recommendation is the average buy, sell or hold rating for a company, based on a survey of brokerage equity analysts by Zacks Investment Research. We update the ratings daily.

Earnings & Estimates

Short Term
    Q4/10 Q1/11 Q2/11 Q3/11 Q4/11 Q1/12 Q2/12 Q3/12 Q2/13 Q3/13  

Actual quarterly earnings for the past eight quarters and estimated for the next two quarters
Estimated EPS ($)   0.47 0.32 0.62 0.15 0.31 0.17 -0.18 -0.15 -0.32 -0.30  
Actual EPS   0.33 0.36 0.44 0.08 0.29 -0.04 -0.10 0.20 -- --  
Surprise (%)   -29.8 12.5 -29.0 -46.7 -6.4 -123.5 44.4 233.3 -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   2.0 11.0 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 -1.1 -1.2 1.5 -217.7 -250.0  
{#} Analysts   12 19 14 16 18 18 19 20 13 12  
Date of Earnings   Jan 28 Apr 26 Jul 29 Oct 28 Feb 10 May 01 Jul 27 Oct 26 Jul 26 Oct 25  

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Long Term
    2013 2014  

Estimated annual earnings for the next
two years
Estimated EPS ($)   -1.27 -0.60  
Actual EPS   -0.36 -1.27  
Surprise (%)   -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   -251.5 52.8  
{#} Analysts   17 18  
Date of Earnings   -- --  

Trends & Revisions

Earnings Per Share Trend
  Current 7-Days Ago 30-Days Ago 60-Days Ago 90-Days Ago
  Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean
Current Quarter (ends Jun 2013) -0.32 -0.32 -0.31 -0.30 -0.28
Next Quarter (ends Sep 2013) -0.30 -0.30 -0.27 -0.24 -0.24
Current Fiscal Year (ends Dec 2013) -1.27 -1.24 -1.14 -1.10 -1.02
Next Fiscal Year (ends Dec 2014) -0.60 -0.60 -0.50 -0.44 -0.34

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Earnings Revisions
Last 7 Days Last 30 Days
Up Revs Down Revs Up Revs Down Revs
0 0 4 5
0 0 3 6
0 1 3 13
0 1 1 10