Informatica Corporation (INFA): Today's Featured Computer Software & Services Winner

Informatica Corporation (INFA) pushed the Computer Software & Services industry higher today making it today's featured computer software & services winner. The industry as a whole closed the day down 2.2%. By the end of trading, Informatica Corporation rose 57 cents (1.3%) to $43.80 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 2.8 million shares of Informatica Corporation exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.5 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $42.98-$44.48 after having opened the day at $43.20 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $43.23. Other companies within the Computer Software & Services industry that increased today were: DemandTec (DMAN), up 56%, Tier Technologies (TIER), up 11%, CyberDefender (CYDE), up 7.5%, and Intelligent Systems (INS), up 6.8%.

Informatica Corporation provides enterprise data integration and data quality software and services worldwide. Its software solutions include a set of technologies that enable various enterprise-wide data integration initiatives. Informatica Corporation has a market cap of $4.98 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 46.8, equal to the average computer software & services industry P/E ratio and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are down 1.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 12 analysts that rate Informatica Corporation a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and eight rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Informatica as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its robust revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share and compelling growth in net income. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had somewhat disappointing return on equity.

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