Life Technologies Corp Earnings Preview For Tuesday's Release (LIFE)
Life Technologies Corp (NASDAQ:LIFE) is anticipated to report earnings after the closing bell on April 24, 2012.
Who They Are:
Life Technologies Corporation operates as a global life sciences company. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Carlsbad, California. Life Technologies Corp trades an average of 1.4 million shares per day and has a marketcap of $8.3 Billion.
Book Value: $25.76
Float Short: 3.35%
What To Expect:
On average, 16 Analysts are expecting a drop of $-0.13 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $1.06. The number to beat is $0.93 per share based on the estimated mean earnings.
Analyst estimates range between $0.91 and $0.95 per share.
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 12.4. The forward P/E ratio is 11.63.
The stock has moved higher in price 0.06% in the last month, with a one year change of -10.47%.
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 7.76%.
Here are 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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