[b]Earnings Overview for Humana Inc. (HUM) upcoming performance release[/b]
[b] Humana Inc.[/b] (HUM) is due to report earnings before the opening bell on October 31, 2011. Below you can see the results of HUM over the last few earnings periods.
HUM trades an average of 1.9 million shares per day.
Humana Inc. offers various health and supplemental benefit plans in the United States. The company was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
[b]52 Week High: $84.32[/b]
[b]52 Week Low: $54.24[/b]
[b]Book Value: $45.48[/b]
[b]Float Short: 1.73%[/b]
On average, 17 analysts are expecting a drop of [color=Red]$-0.69[/color] in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $2.71. Investors will be [b]looking to top $2.02 per share[/b], based on the estimated mean earnings. Analyst estimates range between $1.84 and $2.12 per share.
Looking at the price movement over the last month, the stock has moved higher in price 0.37%, with a one year change of 38.71%.
It is clear to see the stock is performing much better than the overall market with a relative double digit gain. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year to date difference is 48.98%.
Investors have been rewarded with an increase of year-over-year revenue. Revenue reported was $33.87 billion for 2010 vs. $30.96 billion for 2009. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $1.10 billion for 2010 vs. $1.04 billion for 2009.The company's earnings before income and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $1.85 billion for 2010 vs. $1.71 billion for 2009.
Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue.
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Gross reported revenue compared to the mean estimate (rounded).
[table][tr][td]Fiscal Quarter Ending Month-Year[/td] [td]Revenue Estimates[/td] [td]Actual[/td] [td]$ Difference[/td] [td]Difference %[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Jun-11[/td][td]$ 9.35 B[/td][td]$ 9.28 B[/td][td][color=Red]$ -62.77 M[/color][/td][td]-0.67%[/td][/tr][tr][td]Mar-11[/td][td]$ 9.14 B[/td][td]$ 9.19 B[/td][td]$ 49.13 M[/td][td]0.54%[/td][/tr][tr][td]Dec-10[/td][td]$ 8.36 B[/td][td]$ 8.35 B[/td][td][color=Red]$ -13.85 M[/color][/td][td]-0.17%[/td][/tr][tr][td]Sep-10[/td][td]$ 8.46 B[/td][td]$ 8.42 B[/td][td][color=Red]$ -38.33 M[/color][/td][td]-0.45%[/td][/tr][tr][td]Jun-10[/td][td]$ 8.59 B[/td][td]$ 8.65 B[/td][td]$ 64.41 M[/td][td]0.75%[/td][/tr][/table]M = millions, B = billions
Differences are rounded. (Some onetime items are often excluded in reported EPS)
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Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded.
The total short interest number of shares for HUM
[img]http://www.paid2trade.com/SAForm/BarChartPics/HUM-ShortInterestData-10-27-11.png[/img]
The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for HUM.
[img]http://www.paid2trade.com/SAForm/BarChartPics/HUM-DaysToCoverData.php-10-27-11.png[/img]
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