Harman International Industries (HAR) Preview For Upcoming Quarterly Earnings
Harman International Industries (NYSE:HAR) is expected to report last fiscal quarter's results before the opening bell on February 07, 2012. We can review how Harman International Industries has performed recently.
Harman International Industries, Incorporated engages in the development, manufacture, and marketing of audio products and electronic systems primarily in the United States, Germany, and other parts of Europe. The company was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. Harman International Industries trades an average of 513,000 shares per day and has a marketcap of $3 Billion.
52 Week High: $52.54
52 Week Low: $25.53
Book Value: $20.22
Float Short:   4.19%
Analysts are expecting an improvement of $0.07 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.69. Wall Street is expecting $0.76 per share based on earnings estimates. Analyst estimates range between $0.69 and $0.83 per share.
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 17.4. The forward P/E ratio is 15.14.
From a month ago, the stock has increased in price 8.85%, with a change from a year ago of -2.59%.
With a gain compared to stocks in general, the stock is better than the overall stock market. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year up to date change is 6.31%.
For the same fiscal period year-over-year, revenue has improved to $3.77 billion for 2011 vs. $3.36 billion for 2010. The bottom line has falling earnings year-over-year of $135.92 million for 2011 vs. $158.77 million for 2010.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $190.05 million for 2011 vs. $85.56 million for 2010.
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 HAR 
The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for HAR 
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