Waddell & Reed Financial (WDR) Earnings Preview For Upcoming Quarterly Earnings Release Date
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (NYSE:WDR) is anticipated to report earnings before the opening bell on January 31, 2012.. The company was founded in 1937 and is based in Overland Park, Kansas.
52 Week High: $42.49
52 Week Low: $22.85
Book Value: $6.10
Float Short:   5.25%
According to EDGAR Online, on average, 9 analysts are expecting the same in earnings as the last quarter of $0.48. Investors will be looking to see a number north of $0.48 per share , based on the earnings estimates. Analyst estimates range between $0.45 and $0.5 per share.
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 13.8. The forward P/E ratio is 13.62.
The stock has moved higher in price 12.23% in the last month, with a one year change of -19.91%.
The stock is performing extremely well when compared to the general stock market up to this point. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year up to date positive change is 12.00%.
The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $156.96 million for 2010 vs. $105.51 million for 2009.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 WDR 
The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for WDR 
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