Catamaran Corp (CTRX): Today's Featured Computer Software & Services Winner

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Catamaran (CTRX) 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 0.5%. By the end of trading, Catamaran rose $3.30 (3.8%) to $90.70 on light volume. Throughout the day, 778,204 shares of Catamaran exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.1 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $85.52-$91.35 after having opened the day at $86.97 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $87.40. Other companies within the Computer Software & Services industry that increased today were: Astea International (ATEA), up 8.6%, Mitek Systems (MITK), up 7.3%, Wireless Ronin Technologies (RNIN), up 5%, and Boingo Wireless (WIFI), up 4.7%.

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Catamaran Corporation provides pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services and healthcare information technology solutions to the healthcare benefits management industry in North America. Catamaran has a market cap of $9.44 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 52.9, below the average computer software & services industry P/E ratio of 55.5 and above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 54.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are 13 analysts that rate Catamaran a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and six rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates Catamaran 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, good cash flow from operations, impressive record of earnings per share growth 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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On the negative front, Kingtone Wirelessinfo Solution (KONE), down 15.1%, Onstream Media Corporation (ONSM), down 11%, Authentidate Holding Corporation (ADAT), down 6.9%, and Velti (VELT), down 6.2%, were all laggards within the computer software & services industry with Salesforce.com (CRM) being today's computer software & services industry laggard.

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