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ARCSIGHT INC (NASD)
ARST 24.43 0.28 (1.16%) Vol.  137,568 16:00 ET

Day Low - High 23.91 - 24.64
52wk Low - High 4.66 - 27.10
Avg Volume 515,065
Industry COMP-SOFTWARE
Market Cap 801.18 M
Div - Yield 0.00 - 0.00
PE (forward) 68.44
PEG Ratio 3.58
Current Year Est. .35
EPS Last Year 0.39
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#2 Buy 16.63%
#3 Hold 7.53%
#4 Sell 2.01%
#5 Strong Sell -0.07%
S&P 500 8.70%
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Top Peers Ticker Zacks Rank
ARCSIGHT INC ARST PREMIUM
OPNET TECH INC OPNT PREMIUM
SCIENTIFIC LRNG SCIL PREMIUM
MICROSTRATEGY MSTR PREMIUM
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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.14
ABR (Last Week) 2.14
# of Recs in ABR 14
Average Target Price 24.67
Industry Rank by ABR 28 out of 217
Rank in Industry 60 out of 105
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3 stars Hold 40%
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ZACKS COMMENTARY FOR ARST
Zacks Equity Research: Report for ARST
Nov 24, 2009
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Jun 12, 2009
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Mar 25, 2009
Momentum: ArcSight, Inc.
Mar 25, 2009
Zacks Industry Rank Analysis: Some Software Companies Still Seeing Growth
Jan 07, 2009
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NEWS
Stewart Grierson Named CFO of the Year
Nov 23, 2009
ArcSight Sets Date to Report Fiscal Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results
Nov 22, 2009
ArcSight to Report Fiscal Second Quarter 2010 Financial Results
Nov 19, 2009
ArcSight Up 34.2% Since SmarTrend's Buy Recommendation
Nov 16, 2009
xtremepicks.com: www.Xtremepicks.Com: Xtremepicks Alerts November 10, 2009 : SDXC, CTCH, ARST and JDAS
Nov 10, 2009
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
10/2009
Next Quarter
01/2010
This Year
04/2010
Next Year
04/2011
Average Estimate 0.08 0.11 0.35 0.47
Number of Estimates 7 7 7 7
Low Estimates 0.07 0.08 0.30 0.22
High Estimate 0.10 0.14 0.46 0.62
Year Ago EPS 0.06 0.16 0.31 0.35
EPS Growth 40.48% -33.04% 13.82% 34.01%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
ArcSight is a leading provider of security and compliance solutions that intelligently identify and mitigate business risk and deliver a centralized view of enterprise-wide events across heterogeneous infrastructures. This real time and historic view into external attacks, insider threats and regulatory compliance provides enterprises, MSSPs and government agencies with the intelligence and response capabilities required to effectively protect and manage their networks and their businesses.

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM .39
Sales 136.17
Net Income 12.26
Price/Earnings 61.92
Price/Book 9.58
Price/Cash Flow 56.16
Price/Sales 5.6


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