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Top 5 Companies in the Application Software Industry Offering Investors the Best Cash Flow (FNDT, ATEA, QADI, INTU, PRLS)

Written on Fri, 07/16/2010 - 3:05am
By Chip Brian

Below are the top five companies in the Application Software industry as measured by the price to cash flow ratio. Often companies with the lowest ratio present the greatest value to investors.
Fundtech (NASDAQ:FNDT) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 8.3x based on a current price of $10.86 and a free cash flow per share of $1.31.
Astea International (NASDAQ:ATEA) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 8.8x based on a current price of $2.5 and a free cash flow per share of $0.28.
QAD (NASDAQ:QADI) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 10.3x based on a current price of $4.21 and a free cash flow per share of $0.41.
Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 11.7x based on a current price of $37.51 and a free cash flow per share of $3.22.
Peerless Systems (NASDAQ:PRLS) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 15.2x based on a current price of $2.8 and a free cash flow per share of $0.18.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of FNDT and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on May 20, 2010 at $12.59. The stock has fallen 13.7% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:fndt fundtech price to free cash

Ticker(s): FNDT ATEA QADI INTU PRLS

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