Questar Corp Earnings Report Preview For Tuesday's Release (STR)
Questar Corp (NYSE:STR) is anticipated to report earnings after the closing bell on April 24, 2012.
Who They Are:
Questar Corporation operates as an integrated natural gas company in the United States. The company was founded in 1922 and is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. Questar Corp shares trade an average of 741,000 shares per day and has a marketcap of $3.4 Billion.
Book Value: $5.81
Float Short: 2.10%
What To Expect:
Analysts are expecting an improvement of $0.09 in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.34. A surprise above $0.43 per share will top the estimated per share earnings.
Currently, $0.41 on the low end and $0.46 per share on the high side is what market participants are anticipating in the report.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue for Questar Corp. 
Recent Stock and Valuation Performance:
The current trailing twelve months P/E ratio is 16.7. The forward P/E ratio is 16.13.
Looking at the price movement over the last month, the stock has fallen in price -1.49%, with a one year change of 14.53%.
When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is -12.44%.
The company has falling revenue year-over-year of $1.19 billion for 2011 vs. $1.12 billion for 2010. The bottom line has falling earnings year-over-year of $207.90 million for 2011 vs. $210.00 million for 2010.The company's earnings before interest and taxes are falling with an EBIT year-over-year of $366.90 million for 2011 vs. $368.10 million for 2010.
The short interest is relatively low at 2.10%.
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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