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  • Communications & Media
  • Latest 33.21
  • Currency US$
  • Change 0.16
  • Percent Change 0.484 %
  • Volume 10,864,495
  • Tue May 21, 2013 4:00 PM EDT NASDAQ data delayed 15 minutes.
Average recommendation
21 Analysts Reporting (May 20, 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 16 15 14 14 11
Buy 3 3 2 3 2
Hold 2 2 2 2 7
Underperform 0 0 0 0 0
Sell 0 0 0 0 1

As of Tue May 21, 2013 11:12 PM 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
    Q1/10 Q2/10 Q3/10 Q4/10 Q1/11 Q2/11 Q3/11 Q4/11 Q4/13 Q1/14  

Actual quarterly earnings for the past eight quarters and estimated for the next two quarters
Estimated EPS ($)   0.17 0.20 0.23 0.20 0.24 0.28 0.27 0.29 0.41 0.44  
Actual EPS   0.22 0.25 0.32 0.18 0.27 0.29 0.26 0.35 -- --  
Surprise (%)   29.4 31.6 39.1 -10.0 12.5 -3.4 -3.7 20.7 -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   -- -- 1.5 -- 0.2 0.2 -0.2 0.9 29.0 3.3  
{#} Analysts   3 3 15 16 15 3 14 14 15 5  
Date of Earnings   Nov 04 Feb 02 May 04 Aug 05 Nov 03 Feb 02 May 04 Aug 10 Aug 07 Nov 05  

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Long Term
    2013 2014  

Estimated annual earnings for the next
two years
Estimated EPS ($)   1.64 1.92  
Actual EPS   1.41 1.64  
Surprise (%)   -- --  
Est. % Chg from Prior Year   16.2 17.4  
{#} Analysts   17 17  
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) 0.41 0.42 0.44 0.45 0.44
Next Quarter (ends Sep 2013) 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.45 0.45
Current Fiscal Year (ends Jun 2013) 1.64 1.64 1.68 1.68 1.68
Next Fiscal Year (ends Jun 2014) 1.92 1.92 1.97 1.98 1.98

Data provided by Zacks Investment Research.

Earnings Revisions
Last 7 Days Last 30 Days
Up Revs Down Revs Up Revs Down Revs
0 0 2 6
0 0 0 3
0 0 1 9
0 0 1 10