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Shaw Communications Inc. : Expects continued growth in revenue

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Shaw Communications Inc. (USA) (NYSE:SJR). Last Market Price: 20.23, Change: -0.47, % Change: (-2.27%). Shares trade in the range of 20.14 – 20.52 dollars. It has a market capitalization of 8.81B dollars, making it a Mid Cap Stock and has 435.54M outstanding shares. The company has a beta of 0.81, indicating, the stock to be less volatile than the market. As per the most recent quarterly report, the net income per share (EPS) is 1.12; P/E of 18.13. It operates in Services sector and belongs to Broadcasting and Cable TV industry. Percentage shares held by institutional investors is 57%. The company has a 52 week high of $ 23.24 and a 52 week low of $ 18.92. Average volumes of shares traded daily are 227,224. Volume traded in the last session was at 62,916, 0.28 times the average volume.

  • Reports Q4 (August)
    • EPS of $0.37 better than the estimates
    • Revenues rose 25.8% year on year to $1.18 billion.
  • With respect to 2012 guidance, the company expects continued growth in revenue

For Q2 (May ’11), It had a Net profit margin of 15.76%, an Operating margin of 28.93%. Other Key stats and ratios are : Return on average assets of 6.42%, Return on average equity of 26.18%. The organization has an employee strength of 11,000

Consensus Recommendation is a Outperform.


Estimate for sales for the Quarter Ending Nov-11 show a mean of 1,247.99 million dollars, an estimate high of 1,313.67 million dollars and an estimate low of 1,182.30 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 994.53 million dollars.

Estimate for sales for the Quarter Ending Feb-12 show a mean of 1,252.64 million dollars, an estimate high of 1,260.68 million dollars and an estimate low of 1,244.60 million dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 994.60 million dollars.

Estimate for EPS for the Quarter Ending Nov-11 show a mean of 0.44 dollars, an estimate high of 0.49 dollars and an estimate low of 0.41 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 0.30 dollars.

Estimate for EPS for the Quarter Ending Feb-12 show a mean of 0.40 dollars, an estimate high of 0.42 dollars and an estimate low of 0.37 dollars. A year ago the figures stood at 0.30 dollars.

Sales for Quarter Ending May-11 was estimated at 1,265.07 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 1,284.69 million dollars, 19.62 million dollars more than estimates.

Sales for Quarter Ending Feb-11 was estimated at 1,206.65 million dollars, however the actual sales figure stood at 1,196.61 million dollars, 10.04 million dollars less than estimates.

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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing in his yacht.


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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing.

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