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

Catamaran was a leading decliner within the computer software & services industry, falling $1.29 (-2.6%) to $48.36 on heavy volume.
By TheStreet Wire ,

Editor's Note: TheStreet ratings do not represent the views of TheStreet's staff or its contributors. Ratings are established by computer based on metrics for performance (which includes growth, stock performance, efficiency and valuation) and risk (volatility and solvency). Companies with poor cash flow or high debt levels tend to earn lower ratings in our model

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Catamaran

(

CTRX

) pushed the Computer Software & Services industry lower today making it today's featured Computer Software & Services laggard. The industry as a whole closed the day up 0.1%. By the end of trading, Catamaran fell $1.29 (-2.6%) to $48.36 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 2.2 million shares of Catamaran exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 1.3 million shares. The stock ranged in price between $47.65-$49.18 after having opened the day at $48.20 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $49.65. Other companies within the Computer Software & Services industry that declined today were:

THQ

(

THQI

), down 50.3%,

ServiceSource International

(

SREV

), down 37.9%,

Responsys

(

MKTG

), down 33%, and

BroadSoft

(

BSFT

), down 19%.

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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 $10.19 billion and is part of the technology sector. The company has a P/E ratio of 72, above the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7. Shares are up 75.8% year to date as of the close of trading on Monday. 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 and solid stock price performance. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.

On the positive front,

Bridgeline Digital

(

BLIN

), up 21.1%,

Computer Sciences Corporation

(

CSC

), up 17%,

Wave Systems Corporation

(

WAVX

), up 15.6%, and

Jive Software

(

JIVE

), up 13.8%, were all gainers within the computer software & services industry with

VMWare

(

VMW

) being today's featured computer software & services industry leader.

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(

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