Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) Earnings Preview For Quarterly Earnings Release Date
Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides individual and group life and health, annuity, critical illness, and financial reinsurance products. The company was founded in 1973 and is headquartered in Chesterfield, Missouri.
52 Week High: $64.32
52 Week Low: $44.51
Book Value: $77.29
Float Short:   0.79%
On average, 8 analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.20 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $2.04. The number to beat is $1.84 per share , based on the estimated mean earnings. Analyst estimates range between $1.76 and $1.87 per share.
Looking at the price movement over the last month, the stock has moved higher in price 7.39%, with a one year change of -4.82%.
With a modest gain compared to stocks in general, the stock is close to the same as the overall stock market. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year up to date change is 2.95%.
Investors have been rewarded with an increase of year-over-year revenue. Revenue reported was $8.26 billion for 2010 vs. $7.07 billion for 2009. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $574.40 million for 2010 vs. $407.09 million for 2009.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $863.82 million for 2010 vs. $592.35 million for 2009. 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. 
Here is the last few quarters to get an idea how well they perform compared to estimates 
Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
The total short interest number of shares for RGA 
The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for RGA 
Thank you for reading my article. Please also feel free to share your thoughts and comments.
I use a proprietary blend of technical analysis, financial crowd behavior, and fundamentals in my short-term trades, and while not totally the same in longer swing trades to investments, the concepts used are similar. You may want to use this article as a starting point of your own research with your financial planner. I use Seeking Alpha, Edgar Online, and Yahoo Finance for most of my data. I use the confirmed symbols from earnings.com that I believe to be of the most interest.
