CA Inc. (CA) is anticipated to report earnings after the closing bell on January 24, 2012.
CA Technologies, together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, markets, delivers, licenses and supports information technology (IT) management software products that operate on a range of hardware platforms and operating systems. The company was founded in 1974 and is based in Islandia, New York. CA trades an average of 2.6 million shares per day.
52 Week High: $25.68
52 Week Low: $18.60
Book Value: $11.58
Float Short: 3.67%
According to EDGAR Online, on average, 9 analysts are expecting the same in earnings as the last quarter of $0.51. Investors will be looking to see a number north of $0.51 per share, based on the earnings estimates. Analyst estimates range between $0.47 and $0.53 per share.
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 11.3. The forward P/E ratio is 10.9. CA just smashed through the 200 day moving average with conviction and the chart looks a lot stronger than it did about a month ago. The PE is so low that even with the problems at hand there is no way I would be shorting here. The short interest is not high as well indicating smart money is not interested in betting against CA either.
For the same fiscal period year-over-year, revenue has improved to $4.43 billion for 2011 vs. $4.23 billion for 2010. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $827.00 million for 2011 vs. $771.00 million for 2010. The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $1.25 billion for 2011 vs. $1.23 billion for 2010. Rising revenue along with rising earnings is a very good sign and what we want to see with our companies. Be sure to check the margins to make sure that the bottom line is keeping up with the top line.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue.
Gross reported revenue compared to the mean estimate (rounded).
| Fiscal Quarter Ending Month-Year | Revenue Estimates | Actual | $ Difference | Difference % |
| Sep-11 | $ 1.19 B | $ 1.20 B | $ 6.53 M | 0.55% |
| Jun-11 | $ 1.14 B | $ 1.16 B | $ 18.71 M | 1.64% |
| Mar-11 | $ 1.16 B | $ 1.13 B | $ -32.08 M | -2.77% |
| Dec-10 | $ 1.14 B | $ 1.17 B | $ 22.08 M | 1.93% |
| Sep-10 | $ 1.10 B | $ 1.11 B | $ 12.82 M | 1.17% |
M = millions, B = billions
Differences are rounded. (Some one-time items are often excluded in reported EPS.)
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
The total short interest number of shares for CA.
The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for CA.
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