[February 04, 2012] Shares of RealPage Rank the Highest in Terms of Projected Earnings Growth in the Application Software Industry (RP, GUID, CDNS, BSFT, ACIW) Tweet Feb 04, 2012 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Application Software industry with the highest projected earnings growth. The growth of earnings per share (current fiscal year estimated vs. last year actual) is important to gauge future profitability and relative value. Higher EPS growth generally justifies higher earnings multiples.RealPage ranks highest with a projected earnings growth of 297.8%. Following is Guidance Software with a projected earnings growth of 225.7%. Cadence Design Systems ranks third highest with a projected earnings growth of 148.0%. BroadSoft follows with a projected earnings growth of 136.3%, and ACI Worldwide rounds out the top five with a projected earnings growth of 92.9%. SmarTrend recommended that subscribers consider buying shares of Guidance Software on November 8th, 2011 as our technology indicated a new Uptrend was in progress when shares hit $6.54. Since that recommendation, shares of Guidance Software have risen 20.0%. We continue to monitor Guidance Software for any potential shift so investors can protect gains and will alert SmarTrend subscribers immediately. 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 ]