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[b]Earnings Overview for Herbalife Ltd. (HLF) upcoming performance release[/b] [b] Herbalife Ltd.[/b] (HLF) is anticipated to report earnings after the closing bell on October 31, 2011. HLF trades an average of 1.4 million shares per day. Herbalife Ltd., a network marketing company, sells weight management, nutritional supplement, energy, sports and fitness, and personal care products worldwide. The company was founded in 1980 and is based in Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands. [b]52 Week High: $63.35[/b] [b]52 Week Low: $30.13[/b] [b]Book Value: $5.04[/b] [b]Float Short: 2.59%[/b] On average, analysts are expecting a drop of [color=Red]$-0.12[/color] in earnings per share compared to last quarter's results of $0.88. Investors will be looking to see a number north of[b] $0.76 per share[/b], based on the earnings estimates. In the last month, the stock has decreased in price -3.08%, with a change from a year ago of 77.62%. The stock is performing extremely well when compared to the general stock market up to this point. When comparing to the S&P 500, the year up to date positive change is 68.70%. Revenue year-over-year has increased to $2.73 billion for 2010 vs. $2.32 billion for 2009. The bottom line has rising earnings year-over-year of $290.53 million for 2010 vs. $203.35 million for 2009.The company's earnings before income and taxes are rising with an EBIT year-over-year of $387.51 million for 2010 vs. $296.03 million for 2009. Here is a look at the fiscal year revenue. [img]http://www.paid2trade.com/SAForm/BarChartPics/HLF-gross-revenue-fiscal-year-history-in-dollars-bar-chart-10-27-11.png[/img] Gross reported revenue compared to the mean estimate (rounded). [table][tr][td]Fiscal Quarter Ending Month-Year[/td] [td]Revenue Estimates[/td] [td]Actual[/td] [td]$ Difference[/td] [td]Difference %[/td][/tr] [tr][td]Jun-11[/td][td]$ 829.41 M[/td][td]$ 879.65 M[/td][td]$ 50.24 M[/td][td]6.06%[/td][/tr][tr][td]Mar-11[/td][td]$ 736.56 M[/td][td]$ 795.10 M[/td][td]$ 58.54 M[/td][td]7.95%[/td][/tr][tr][td]Dec-10[/td][td]$ 717.67 M[/td][td]$ 738.36 M[/td][td]$ 20.69 M[/td][td]2.88%[/td][/tr][tr][td]Sep-10[/td][td]$ 687.09 M[/td][td]$ 688.43 M[/td][td]$ 1.34 M[/td][td]0.2%[/td][/tr][tr][td]Jun-10[/td][td]$ 645.45 M[/td][td]$ 688.81 M[/td][td]$ 43.36 M[/td][td]6.72%[/td][/tr][/table]M = millions, B = billions Differences are rounded. (Some onetime items are often excluded in reported EPS) [img]http://www.paid2trade.com/SAForm/BarChartPics/HLF-PerShareEarningsSurprises-10-27-11.png[/img] Reported earnings per share compared to the mean estimate. Differences are rounded. The total short interest number of shares for HLF [img]http://www.paid2trade.com/SAForm/BarChartPics/HLF-ShortInterestData-10-27-11.png[/img] The number of days to cover short interest based on average daily trading volume for HLF. [img]http://www.paid2trade.com/SAForm/BarChartPics/HLF-DaysToCoverData.php-10-27-11.png[/img] Thank you for reading my article. Please also feel free to share your thoughts and comments. I use a proprietary blend of technical analysis, financial crowd behavior, and fundamentals in my short-term trades, and while not totally the same in longer swing trades to investments, the concepts used are similar. You may want to use this article as a starting point of your own research with your financial planner. I use Seeking Alpha, Edgar Online, and Yahoo Finance for most of my data. I use the "confirmed" symbols from earnings.com that I believe to be of the most interest.