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

Written on Fri, 07/30/2010 - 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.
Lawson Software (NASDAQ:LWSN) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 8.3x based on a current price of $7.97 and a free cash flow per share of $0.97.
Fundtech (NASDAQ:FNDT) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 9.1x based on a current price of $11.91 and a free cash flow per share of $1.31.
Astea International (NASDAQ:ATEA) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 9.1x based on a current price of $2.6 and a free cash flow per share of $0.28.
QAD (NASDAQ:QADI) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 10.5x based on a current price of $4.25 and a free cash flow per share of $0.41.
Intuit (NASDAQ:INTU) has a price to free cash flow ratio of 12.3x based on a current price of $39.57 and a free cash flow per share of $3.22.
SmarTrend is bearish on shares of QADI and our subscribers were alerted to Sell on March 16, 2010 at $4.81. The stock has fallen 11.6% since the alert was issued.

Keywords: keywords: nasdaq:lwsn lawson software price to free cash

Ticker(s): LWSN FNDT ATEA QADI INTU

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