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LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CP (NASD)
LLTC 27.30 0.47 (1.75%) Vol.  3,222,608 16:00 ET

Day Low - High 26.83 - 27.42
52wk Low - High 18.19 - 28.99
Avg Volume 3,474,780
Industry ELEC COMP-SEMIC
Market Cap 6.09 B
Div - Yield 0.88 - 3.28
PE (forward) 21.92
PEG Ratio 1.65
Current Year Est. 1.22
EPS Last Year 1.12
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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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BROKERAGE RECOMMENDATIONS
Current ABR 2.65
ABR (Last Week) 2.65
# of Recs in ABR 26
Average Target Price 28.85
Industry Rank by ABR 107 out of 217
Rank in Industry 79 out of 103
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EARNINGS ESTIMATES
  This Quarter
12/2009
Next Quarter
03/2010
This Year
06/2010
Next Year
06/2011
Average Estimate 0.29 0.32 1.22 1.49
Number of Estimates 23 21 22 18
Low Estimates 0.26 0.28 1.09 1.27
High Estimate 0.31 0.36 1.35 1.80
Year Ago EPS 0.35 0.25 N/A 1.22
EPS Growth -16.65% 26.29% N/A% 21.59%

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COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Linear Technology products include operational, instrumentation and audio amplifiers; voltage regulators, power management devices, DC-DC converters and voltage references; comparators; monolithic filters; communications interface circuits; one-chip data acquisition sub-systems; pulse-width modulators and sample-and-hold devices. (Company Press Release)

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FINANCIALS
EPS TTM 1.12
Sales 968.49
Net Income 255.54
Price/Earnings 23.96
Price/Book N/A
Price/Cash Flow 16.5
Price/Sales 6.81


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