BMC Software (BMC) Earnings Preview For Upcoming Quarterly Earnings Release Date
BMC Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:BMC) is expected to report last fiscal quarter's results after the closing bell on February 01, 2012. We can review how BMC Software has performed recently.
BMC Software, Inc. develops software that provides system and service management solutions for enterprises in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
52 Week High: $56.55
52 Week Low: $31.62
Book Value: $8.93
Float Short:   1.83%
On average, 8 analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.17 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.87. Wall Street is expecting $0.7 per share , based on earnings estimates. Analyst estimates range between $0.68 and $0.74 per share.
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 13.6. The forward P/E ratio is 12.85.
From a month ago, the stock has increased in price 8.24%, with a one year change of -26.60%.
Management has provided an improvement of year-over-year revenue. Revenue reported was $2.07 billion for 2011 vs. $1.91 billion for 2010. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $456.20 million for 2011 vs. $406.10 million for 2010.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $532.80 million for 2011 vs. $506.10 million 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 in the earnings release 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 BMC 
The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for BMC 
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