Jarden Corp (JAH) Earnings Preview For Wednesday's Release
Jarden (NYSE:JAH) is due to report earnings after the closing bell on February 15, 2012. Below we can see the results of Jarden over the last few earnings periods.
Who They Are:
Jarden Corporation manufactures, sources, markets, and distributes consumer products worldwide. The company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Rye, New York. Jarden Corp shares trade an average of 666,000 shares per day and has a marketcap of $3.1 Billion.
52 Week High: $37.50
52 Week Low: $25.60
Book Value: $21.05
Float Short: 4.11%
What To Expect:
On average, 6 analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.27 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $1.18. Wall Street is expecting $0.91 per share based on earnings estimates.
Wall Street is expecting results within $0.89 and $0.94 per share.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Jarden. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 10.1. The forward P/E ratio is 8.9.
In the last month, the stock has increased in price 10.22%, with a change from a year ago of -2.60%.
The stock is performing better than the overall market with a relative gain. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is 6.22%.
Revenue year-over-year has increased to $6.02 billion for 2010 vs. $5.15 billion for 2009. The bottom line has falling earnings year-over-year of $106.70 million for 2010 vs. $128.70 million for 2009.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $407.30 million for 2010 vs. $386.90 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.
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