Advent Software (ADVS) Earnings Preview For Upcoming Quarterly Earnings Release Date
Advent Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADVS) is expected to report last fiscal quarter's results after the closing bell on February 06, 2012. We can review how Advent Software has performed recently.
Advent Software, Inc. provides software and services that automate work flows and data across investment management organizations, as well as the information flows between an investment management organization and external parties. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
52 Week High: $31.63
52 Week Low: $19.00
Book Value: $5.28
Float Short:   4.05%
On average, analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.05 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.22. A beat of $0.17 per share , will top the estimated mean earnings. Analyst estimates range between $0.16 and $0.19 per share.
Relative to the earnings, investors have not been as aggressive accumulating shares, as the current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 43.7, while the forward P/E ratio is now 34.61. An upside earnings report may put a lot of wind in the sails.
The stock has moved higher in price 9.40% in the last month, and changing from last year at this time -8.51%.
The stock has done well as compared to the overall market. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is 4.78%.
For the same fiscal period year-over-year, revenue has improved to $283.50 million for 2010 vs. $259.51 million for 2009. The bottom line has falling earnings year-over-year of $24.15 million for 2010 vs. $36.88 million for 2009.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $36.31 million for 2010 vs. $27.88 million for 2009.
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 ADVS 
The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for ADVS 
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