Cerner Corporation (CERN)

79.36 -0.48  -0.61%  May 24, 5:20PM Go Pro
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Cerner Corporation Price / Sales Ratio: 5.723

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CERN Price / Sales Ratio Rankings

Overall 8th percentile 3969 of 4346
Sector 8th percentile 763 of 830 in Technology
Industry 8th percentile 11 of 12 in Healthcare Information Services

CERN Price / Sales Ratio Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum 1.859 Dec 2008
Maximum 5.723 May 24 2012
Average 3.688

About Price to Sales Ratio

The price to sales ratio (PS ratio) is calculated by dividing stock price by the revenue per share. It is most useful for comparing companies within a sector or industry because "normal" values for this ratio vary from industry to industry. In general, low price to sales ratios are more appealing because they suggest that a company is undervalued.

An example illustrating why PS ratios should not be compared across industries: On June 21, 2010, Starbucks had a PS ratio of 1.12 while Yahoo! had a PS ratio of 2.56. In other words, Yahoo! shareholders were paying $2.56 for $1 of sales while Starbucks shareholders would only pay $1.12 for $1 of sales. However, at that same moment, the two companies' price to earnings ratios were virtually identical (Starbucks: 28.09 and Yahoo!: 27.78). Hence, shareholders were paying nearly the same amount for $1.00 in earnings. The PS ratios, though, are less comparable since Yahoo!'s profit margins are much higher than that of Starbucks.
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CERN News

Threshold long ideas. $AEO $CERN $CRUS (fub) $DDD (fub) $DF $CPRT $EQIX $POWI $Z
about 20 hours ago by hertcapital
15 Strong Stocks for the Choppy Summer | via @ivanhoff http://stks.co/3xqP $SSYS $EXPE $FIRE $CERN $TNGO
about a day ago by STNet
RT @ivanhoff 15 Strong Stocks for the Choppy Summer http://stks.co/3xqC $FIRE $CERN $DDD
about a day ago by howardlindzon
15 Strong Stocks for the Choppy Summer http://stks.co/3xoU $FIRE $CERN $DDD
about a day ago by ivanhoff
Some long ideas. $SSYS $DDD $CRUS $ALGN $SXCI $VHC $VNTV $CPRT $CERN $MDSO $SWI
about 3 days ago by hertcapital
RT @geckojb Current Top 10 in my RS Scan: $ROST $HAIN $DFS $HIBB $DLTR $TSCO $DDS $CERN $ORLY $TCBI
about 4 days ago by rheetta
Cerner Is Almost Back in Range
May 21, 2:30AM Investor Place
RT @harmongreg Top Trade Ideas for the Week of May 21, 2012: The Rest http://stks.co/3uUK $ATHN $CERN $EW $HFC $HOMB
about 4 days ago by LPLongo
Top Trade Ideas for the Week of May 21, 2012: The Rest http://stks.co/3uTz $ATHN $CERN $EW $HFC $HOMB
about 4 days ago by harmongreg
Quality Systems Misses 4Q Est.
May 18, 8:30AM Zacks
$MDRX Would $CERN buying Allscripts make sense? I&#39;m starting to think so. Together they would dominate. Just something to think about.
about 7 days ago by tweetingstocks
RT @traderstewie $SWI, $SXCI, $CERN, $VECO are some names that held up rather well thru out the mkt correction. relative strength candidates
about 10 days ago by StockTwits50
RT @traderstewie $SWI, $SXCI, $CERN, $VECO are some names that held up rather well thru out the mrkt correction. relative strength cand
about 10 days ago by 1nvestor
Select long idea for today. $AKRX $BMRN $CYBX $CERN $OGE $OKE $SAM $SLXP $TRV
about 10 days ago by hertcapital
Flag on a pole in a nice up trend $CERN http://chart.ly/tsucxvs
about 13 days ago by sharpshorts
Quality Systems' Prelim Results
May 11, 2:15PM Zacks
$CERN Nice flag and bounce off 20 sma- worth watching for swing traders- keep an eye on volume for entry &gt; 80-80.5 trade vs. 78 level
about 14 days ago by SteelerTrader
World is apparently ending but these A-rated stocks look decent: $Z $LNKD $AMZN $FIRE $LEN $CERN $FBHS $DNKN $TSCO $EQIX $SWI $LQDT $TNGO
about 15 days ago by JWard_73
$CERN Insider Sale: $1.8M of stock sold by William Neaves on May 8, 2012 http://stks.co/3koj
about 15 days ago by MarketBrief
Zillow ($Z) is a beast. A-rated stocks $LNKD $AMZN $FIRE $CERN $DNKN $TSCO $EQIX all still looking quite good.
about 16 days ago by JWard_73
Canceling my $AAPL order this morning as the futures are down. Same goes for $LTD and $CERN. $Cash is my king today.
about 16 days ago by savant111
like $AAPL $CERN and $LTD on the long side for the next day or two.
about 16 days ago by savant111
Long legged beauties? $LULU $TSCO $CERN $COH??
about 17 days ago by RoryFH
Charting a bearish backdrop
May 08, 11:38AM
$CERN Insider Sale: $1.6M of stock sold by Neal Patterson on May 4, 2012 http://stks.co/3hrt
about 18 days ago by MarketBrief
$CERN Insider Sale: $9.8M of stock sold by Clifford Illig between May 3, 2012 - May 4, 2012 http://stks.co/3hrH
about 18 days ago by MarketBrief
Is MedAssets the Perfect Stock?
May 07, 10:21AM Fool
Watch for pullback to B/O level. $CERN http://chart.ly/mrqdlui
about 19 days ago by CubanMark
$CERN well shorting this at $84.04 was almost the tippity top , ramping it madly the otherday , getting more people stuck at the top...
about 20 days ago by ronin245
Cerner Corporation (CERN)
May 02, 1:00AM Zacks
Cerner Beats on Both Top and Bottom Lines
Apr 30, 11:16AM Motley Fool
Cerner Beats Forecasts, Profit Up
Apr 27, 2:30PM Zacks
Cerner Reports First Quarter 2012 Results
Apr 26, 4:01PM GlobeNewswire

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