[January 06, 2012] VMware has the Highest Free Cash Flow Per Share in the Systems Software Industry (VMW, BMC, CHKP, ROVI, MSFT) Tweet Jan 06, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Systems Software industry with the highest free cash flow per share. FCF/share is a valuable metric signaling a company's ability to facilitate growth in the business.VMware ranks highest with a FCF per share of $5.09. BMC Software is next with a FCF per share of $4.16. Check Point Software Technologies ranks third highest with a FCF per share of $3.29. Rovi follows with a FCF per share of $2.91, and Microsoft rounds out the top five with a FCF per share of $2.90. SmarTrend recommended that its subscribers protect gains by selling shares of Rovi on November 9th, 2011 by issuing a Downtrend alert when the shares were trading at $30.50. Since that call, shares of Rovi have fallen 18.4%. We are now looking for when a new Uptrend will commence and will alert SmarTrend subscribers in real time. Write to Chip Brian at [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SmarTrend analyzes over 5,000 securities simultaneously throughout the trading day and provides its subscribers with trend change alerts in real time. To get a free trial of our trading calls and maximize your trading results, please visit http://www.MySmarTrend.com Get exclusive, actionable insight into how the market is expected to trend prior to market open with our free morning newsletter. Sign up at: http://www.MySmarTrend.com/signup [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]