Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (DKS) Earnings Preview For Tuesday
Dicks Sporting Goods Inc (NYSE:DKS) is expected to report earnings for last fiscal quarter before the opening bell on March 06, 2012.
Who They Are:
Dicks Sporting Goods, Inc. operates as a sporting goods retailer in the United States. The company was founded in 1948 and is headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania. Dicks Sporting Goods Inc trades an average of 1.4 million shares per day and has a marketcap of $5.4 Billion.
52 Week High: $46.85
52 Week Low: $29.10
Book Value: $12.95
Float Short: 10.32%
What To Expect:
Analysts are expecting an improvement of $0.56 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.32. The estimated mean earnings are $0.88 per share .
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Dicks Sporting Goods Inc. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
The P/E ratio has been discounted, as the current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 23.6, while the forward P/E ratio is now 18.83. An upside earnings report may provide greater wind in the sails.
From a month ago, the stock has increased in price 9.60%, and changing from last year at this time 22.57%.
The stock has done very well as compared to the overall market. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is 12.52%.
Management has provided an improvement of year-over-year revenue. Revenue reported was $4.87 billion for 2011 vs. $4.41 billion for 2010. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $182.08 million for 2011 vs. $135.36 million for 2010.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $309.25 million for 2011 vs. $225.57 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 the bottom line is keeping up with the top line.
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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