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Thomson Reuters Company in Context ReportUpdated January 4, 2011 INTERDIGITAL INC PA (IDCC-O)
TECHNOLOGY / TECH HWARE & EQUIPMNT / SEMICONDUCTORS
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Analyst Recommendations
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First Call Mean (FC) is the mean recommendation of allanalysts covering the stock. Independent Mean (IM) is themean recommendation of only independent analysts, whichincludes quantitative firms that are not included in the FCmean.
Key Information
1-Year Price Chart
5-Year Price Chart
Business Description
InterDigital, Inc. (InterDigital) designs and develops advanced digital wireless technologies for use in digital cellular and wireless IEEE 802-related products and networks. The Company is developing technologies that may be utilized to extend the life of the current generation of products, may be applicable to multiple generational standards, such as third generation (3G), long term evolution (LTE), and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) cellular standards, as well as Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 802 wireless standards. InterDigital offers licenses to its patents to equipment producers that manufacture, use and sell digital cellular and IEEE 802-related products. In addition, it offers for license orsale its mobile broadband modem solutions (modem Internet protocol (IP), know-how, and reference platforms) to mobile device manufacturers, semiconductorcompanies, and other equipment producers that manufacture, use and sell digitalcellular products.
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Thomson Reuters Company in Context ReportUpdated January 4, 2011 for IDCC Peer Analysis
Peer Group
Earnings Highlights
- IDCC's current quarter consensus estimate has increased over the past 90 days from 0.74 to 0.79, a rise of 7.6%. Consensus estimates for the Semiconductors Subsector have moved an average 0.0% during the same time period.
- Over the past 90 days, the consensus price target for IDCC has increased notably from 33.50 to 41.30, a gain of 23.3%.
- There have been no upward or downward broker recommendation changes for INTERDIGITAL INC PA over the past 120 days.
Analyst Recommendations
Price Target
The chart below indicates where analysts predict the stockprice will be within the next 12 months, as compared to the current price. The high, low, and mean price targets arepresented.
Analysts typically rate a stock based on a five-tier scale ranging from 'Strong Buy' to 'Sell'. The chart below displays the number Mean Estimate Trend
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Thomson Reuters Company in Context ReportUpdated January 4, 2011 for IDCC Earnings Per Share
Earnings per share (EPS) is calculated by dividing a company's earnings
a sign of weakness. The charts below provide a comparison between by the number of shares outstanding. Analysts tend to interpret a pattern a company's actual and estimated EPS, including the high and low of increasing earnings as a sign of strength and flat or falling earnings as Earnings Surprise
Investors frequently compare a company's actual earnings
The difference between the two is referred to as a "positive" or "negative" surprise.
to the mean expectation of professional analysts.
Academic research has shown that when a company reports a surprise, it is often followedby more of the same surprise type.
Annual Revenue
A pattern of increasing sales in conjunction
with a rising EPS may influence a buy
recommendation, while flat or falling sales and faltering earnings may explain a sell recommendation. A rising EPS with flat or falling sales may result from increased cost efficiency and margins, rather than market forecast trend of all analysts and the highest 360M and lowest projections for the current andnext fiscal year.
Fundamental Highlights
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INTERDIGITAL INC PA's days sales in receivables of 151.4 is - INTERDIGITAL INC PA's net margin (trailing 4 quarters) of 38.6% is substantially longer than the Semiconductors Subsector average of substantially above the Semiconductors Subsector average of 9.1%.
INTERDIGITAL INC PA's debt-to-capital of 0.3% is substantiallyabove the Semiconductors Subsector average of 0.1%.
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Thomson Reuters Company in Context ReportUpdated January 4, 2011 for IDCC Fundamental Metrics
Profitability
Dividend
Revenue Growth
Current Ratio
Div. Growth Rate
Gross Margin
Debt-to-Capital
Dividend Funding
Return on Equity
Interest Funding
Dividend Coverage
Net Margin
Interest Coverage
Current Div. Yield
The time period stated applies to the company-level data only. The Sector Average is a simple average of the most recent data from companies whosebusinesses most closely match each other.
Risk Highlights
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On days when the market is up, IDCC shares tends to outperform - In the short term, IDCC has shown high correlation (>0.4) with the the S&P 500 index. However, on days when the market is down, the S&P 500 index. The stock has, however, shown low correlation (>=- shares generally decrease by more than the S&P 500 index.
0.1 and 0.2) with the market in the long term.
Over the last 90 days, IDCC's Standard Deviation has been 2.2 whilethat of the S&P 500 index has been 1.7.
Risk Metrics
Standard Deviation
Beta vs. S&P
Correlation vs. S&P
Intra-Day Swing
Beta vs. Sector
Correlation vs. Sector
Price Analysis: Risk and Reward
Price Performance
Daily closing pricing data is used to calculate the price performance of a
stock over five periods. The performance of the S&P 500 is also On 01/03/11, IDCC closed at 42.55, 1.8% below its 52-week high IDCC shares are currently trading 16.2% above their 50-day moving average of 36.62, and 44.6% above their 200-day moving average The S&P 500 is currently trading at its 52-week high of 1272.
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Thomson Reuters Company in Context ReportUpdated January 4, 2011 for IDCC Valuation Multiples
Trailing PE
Forward PE
Forward PEG
Trailing P/E is calculated using the most recent Forward P/E is calculated using the most recent Forward PEG is calculated by dividing the closing price (updated weekly) divided by the closing price (updated weekly) divided by the sum of the four most recently reported quarterly sum of the four upcoming quarterly consensus Insider Purchases and Sells
(Most recent transactions within the past 90 days) Seasonal Sells - Quarterly & Yearly
Seasonal Buys - Quarterly & Yearly
Time-series data for each quarter over the past three years allows you Time-series data for each quarter over the past three years allows you to easily analyze the longer-term trend in open-market insider selling.
to easily analyze the longer-term trend in open-market insider buying.
Institutional Holders
Top Executive Holders
The top five institutional holders are presented based on the total The top five insider holders are presented based on the total number of direct holdings. Indirect holdings are excluded. *Please see last pagefor role code legend.
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Thomson Reuters Company in Context ReportUpdated January 4, 2011 for IDCC Distribution of Investment Ratings
Investment Methodology
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numerous institutional stock rating systems. Gradient All information in this report is assumed to be accurate to also provides proprietary ratings of earnings quality, the best of our ability. Past performance is not a fundamental and valuation elements directly to guarantee of future results. The information contained in institutional clients. Gradient was founded in 1996 by this report is not to be construed as advice and should two former tenured professors, Dr. Carr Bettis and Dr.
not be confused as any sort of advice. Thomson Donn Vickrey. Today the team consists of more than 30 Reuters, its employees, officers or affiliates, in some financial engineers, research and business analysts and instances, have long or short positions or holdings in the securities or other related investments of companiesmentioned herein. Investors should consider this report The Gradient Opinion is an empirically-derived and as only a single factor in making their investment historically backtested stock rating system with buy, sell and hold opinions. To develop a rating, the quantitativesystem analyzes a firm's earnings quality, balance sheet, Role Legend
and income statement, conducts technical and valuationanalysis, and evaluates the transactions made by the company's management and directors (i.e. insiders).
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