Coinstar (CSTR) Earnings Preview For Upcoming Quarterly Earnings Release Date
Coinstar, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSTR) is scheduled to release last fiscal quarter's results after the closing bell on February 06, 2012.
Coinstar, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides automated retail solutions primarily in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
52 Week High: $60.71
52 Week Low: $37.43
Book Value: $15.99
Float Short: 41.09%
On average, 15 analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.54 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $1.18. Investors will be looking to top $0.64 per share , based on the estimated mean earnings. Analyst estimates range between $0.59 and $0.73 per share.
Most people know Coinstar by their "Redbox" name and the movie vending machings located just about everywhere including maybe even the moon. We all know streaming is on the way to wipe out physical content delivery, but it may be years before that happens to any real degree. As long as the major movie studios continue to fight progress every inch of the way I doubt investors are going to see an ending to Coinstars earnings stream. Very little growth is priced in and that is maybe a mistake in the short term. This company has a massive short interest that is just begging to be squeezed.
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 15.1. The forward P/E ratio is 12.92.
In the last month, the stock has increased in price 9.29%, with a one year change of 20.22%.
The stock has done well as compared to the overall market. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is 4.67%.
Revenue year-over-year has increased to $1.44 billion for 2010 vs. $1.03 billion for 2009. The bottom line has falling earnings year-over-year of $51.01 million for 2010 vs. $53.64 million for 2009.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $143.21 million for 2010 vs. $104.71 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 CSTR 
The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for CSTR 
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