New Lifetime High Reached By Intuit (INTU)

Jamie Hodge for TheStreet writes: Trade-Ideas LLC identified Intuit (INTU) as a new lifetime high candidate. In addition to specific proprietary factors, Trade-Ideas identified Intuit as such a stock due to the following factors:

• INTU has an average dollar-volume (as measured by average daily share volume multiplied by share price) of $135.1 million.

• INTU has traded 2.2 million shares today.

• INTU is trading at a new lifetime high.
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• More details on INTU:
• Intuit Inc. provides business and financial management solutions for small businesses, consumers, and accounting professionals in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, and Singapore. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 1%. INTU has a PE ratio of 27.7. Currently there are 7 analysts that rate Intuit a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and 9 rate it a hold.
  The average volume for Intuit has been 2.0 million shares per day over the past 30 days. Intuit has a market cap of $21.3 billion and is part of the technology sector and computer software & services industry. The stock has a beta of 0.87 and a short float of 4.8% with 7.36 days to cover. Shares are up 25.9% year-to-date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.
  
   
• Highlights from the ratings report include:
• INTU's revenue growth has slightly outpaced the industry average of 6.2%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues rose by 10.7%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
• INTU's debt-to-equity ratio is very low at 0.22 and is currently below that of the industry average, implying that there has been very successful management of debt levels. Along with the favorable debt-to-equity ratio, the company maintains an adequate quick ratio of 1.26, which illustrates the ability to avoid short-term cash problems.
• Current return on equity exceeded its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a clear sign of strength within the company. Compared to other companies in the Software industry and the overall market, INTUIT INC's return on equity significantly exceeds that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
• The net income growth from the same quarter one year ago has significantly exceeded that of the S&P 500 and the Software industry. The net income increased by 42.1% when compared to the same quarter one year prior, rising from -$19.00 million to -$11.00 million.
• The gross profit margin for INTUIT INC is currently very high, coming in at 84.41%. It has increased from the same quarter the previous year. Regardless of the strong results of the gross profit margin, the net profit margin of -1.76% is in-line with the industry average.
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