Bankrate (RATE)

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Bankrate Beneish M-Score: -2.083

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RATE Beneish M-Score Rankings

Overall	17th percentile	3115 of 3771
Sector	21st percentile	619 of 785 in Technology
Industry	27th percentile	27 of 37 in Internet Information Providers

RATE Beneish M-Score Range, Past 5 Years

Minimum	-3.563	Jun 2010
Maximum	0.6148	Dec 2010
Average	-1.713

About Beneish M Score

The Beneish M Score helps to uncover companies who are likely to be manipulating their reported earnings. Companies with a higher score are more likely to be manipulators. This is a probabilistic model, so it will not detect manipulators with 100% accuracy.

The best cut-off point depends on the costs mistakenly classifying in one of two ways:

1) Classifying firm that is manipulating earnings as a non-manipulator (Type I error), and
2) Classifying a firm as a manipulator when it actually was not manipulating (Type II Error).

Here are optimal cut-offs according to Beneish, presented as the score followed by the cost of Type I error relative to cost of Type II error):

M Score HTML Table:

Score	Relative Error Costs (Type I:Type II)
M Score > -1.49	(10:1)
M Score > -1.78	(20:1)
M Score > -1.89	(40+:1)

Beneish excluded financial institutions from his sample when calculating the M-Score, so extreme care should be taken when looking at M-Scores of financial firms - their business models are different from the manufacturing and other service firms that Beneish used in his study.

If you want more details, here is the original Beneish M Score Paper, or you can learn about our calculation by clicking "Learn More" below.

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RATE News

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates at New Record Lows
May 31, 8:28AM PR Newswire

Money market fund assets rise to $2.564 trillion
May 24, 6:54PM AP

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Hold at Record Lows
May 24, 7:30AM PR Newswire

On The Fly: Analyst Downgrade Summary
May 23, 10:27AM

Bankrate.com Identifies Group of High-Yield Checking Accounts That Collectively Yields More Than 34 Times the National Average
May 23, 8:00AM PR Newswire

59% of Americans Have Cut Spending in 2012 Due to High Gas Prices
May 21, 8:00AM PR Newswire

BANKRATE, INC. Financials
May 18, 1:04PM

Benzinga's Top Downgrades With Color for May 18, 2012
May 18, 10:32AM Benzinga

On The Fly: Analyst Downgrade Summary
May 18, 10:27AM

Bankrate: Goldman Cuts To Neutral
May 18, 10:26AM

UPDATE: Goldman Sachs Downgrades Bankrate to Neutral on Risk/Reward
May 18, 8:07AM Benzinga

Goldman Sachs Downgrades Bankrate (RATE) to Neutral
May 18, 6:59AM Street Insider

Money market fund assets fall to $2.569 trillion
May 17, 7:01PM AP

4 (And A Half) Internet IPOs Yielding Top Returns
May 17, 2:13PM Investor's Business Daily

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Set 4th New Record in a Row
May 16, 6:10PM PR Newswire

Quarterly report which provides a continuing view of a company's financial position http://stks.co/3otr $RATE
about 17 days ago by Bankrate

BANKRATE, INC. Files SEC form 10-Q, Quarterly Report
May 14, 5:05PM

Bankrate.com Launches Online Video Series with HotForWords.com Internet Sensation Marina Orlova
May 14, 5:00AM PR Newswire

Money market fund assets rose to $2.569 trillion
May 10, 5:31PM AP

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Set 3rd New Record in a Row
May 10, 7:30AM PR Newswire

Is TheStreet.com a Buy Now?
May 09, 9:19AM Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Bankrate.com Surveys Prepaid Debit Cards, Finds Fees Galore
May 07, 8:00AM PR Newswire

Top Rated Highly Shorted Stocks
May 04, 4:58PM

3 Steps to Deciding a 30- vs. 15-Year Mortgage
May 04, 8:00AM TheStreet

Money market fund assets fall to $2.567 trillion
May 03, 9:16PM AP

Man, there's been some carnage in web 1.0 lead gen biz models this earnings season: $QNST, $RATE, and now $VCLK....
about 29 days ago by PAAResearch

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Tumble to Another Record Low
May 03, 7:30AM PR Newswire

I tried to get a borrow on $RATE a month ago, could not. Too bad... #schwab #retailinvesting
about 29 days ago by PAAResearch

Financial Sector Wrap
May 02, 4:48PM Fox Business

$RATE all out @ .79
about 30 days ago by rocketship

$RATE in .32
about 30 days ago by rocketship

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about 30 days ago by rocketship

$RATE Volume Alert - Currently at 5 x average daily volume.
about 30 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant

Bankrate Gapping Down Wednesday
May 02, 10:30AM Fox Business

$RATE 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed above 200 day SMA (19.9671). Confirmed by volume.
about 30 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant

$RATE 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed below 200 day SMA (19.9671). Confirmed by volume.
about 30 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant

U.S. Stock Futures Are Little Changed Before Jobs Data
May 02, 5:45AM

Bankrate Q1 Misses; Shares Fall Sharply In Late Trading
May 01, 5:53PM

Report of unscheduled material events or corporate event http://stks.co/3c6D $RATE
about 30 days ago by Bankrate

BANKRATE, INC. Files SEC form 8-K, Results of Operations and Financial Condition, Financial Statements and Exhibits
May 01, 5:32PM

Bankrate Inc. Earnings Cheat Sheet: Profit Rises Year-Over-Year
May 01, 5:00PM Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Bankrate doubles income in Q1
May 01, 4:43PM

Bankrate, Inc. Earnings Call scheduled for 4:30 pm ET today
May 01, 4:30PM

$RATE 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed above 200 day SMA (19.9382). Confirmed by volume.
about 30 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant

$RATE 200 Day SMA Cross - Price crossed below 200 day SMA (19.9382). Confirmed by volume.
about 30 days ago by TradeIdeasQuant

InPlay: Bankrate misses by $0.03, misses on revs
May 01, 4:11PM

Bankrate (RATE) Misses Q1 EPS by 1c
May 01, 4:04PM Street Insider

Bankrate Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
May 01, 4:01PM Business Wire

Stock photo website Shutterstock eyes IPO - sources
May 01, 8:39AM

Stock photo website Shutterstock eyes IPO-sources
May 01, 8:29AM

Official notification to shareholders of matters to be brought to a vote ("Proxy") http://stks.co/3afz $RATE
about 31 days ago by Bankrate

Banks face scrutiny to repair overdraft policies, practices
Apr 27, 11:50AM

Money market fund assets fell to $2.582 trillion
Apr 26, 5:06PM AP

Bankrate Inc. First Quarter Earnings Sneak Peek
Apr 26, 10:48AM Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Dip to New Record Lows
Apr 26, 7:30AM PR Newswire

Bankrate Measures Highest Level of Consumers' Financial Security in 17 Months, But Finds Continued Fears Regarding Stocks and Jobs
Apr 23, 8:00AM PR Newswire

Money market fund assets rose to $2.584 trillion
Apr 19, 6:12PM AP

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Slip, Tie Record Lows
Apr 19, 7:30AM PR Newswire

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey Starts Bankrate (RATE) at Buy
Apr 18, 8:37AM Street Insider

Bankrate initiated with a Buy at SunTrust
Apr 18, 6:25AM theflyonthewall.com

So I guess we can attribute the strength in $RATE and $QNST to the strong paid click growth from $GOOG and the decline in CPC.
about 48 days ago by PAAResearch

Money market fund assets fell to $2.584 trillion
Apr 12, 5:36PM AP

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Bankrate, Inc./
Apr 12, 10:01AM PR Newswire

Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Decline
Apr 12, 7:30AM PR Newswire

Watching this stock, but today's heavy selloff below the 50DMA suggests it needs more basing time $RATE http://chart.ly/acrvdp5
about 56 days ago by TradetheLeaders

Select Low Beta / High RS long ideas. $CKSW $INXN $RATE $V $HII $MR $CYBX $AWH
about 57 days ago by hertcapital

Nice "light" pullback to the 50DMA $RATE http://chart.ly/g849nti
about 57 days ago by TradetheLeaders

@cperruna @donahchoo Watching $RATE here to hold this 24.5 level.
about 58 days ago by 1nvestor

I've begun rebuilding my Fafe-Break Setups list, (public for @MarketSmith subs). $IWM, $MSFT, $RATE, $CLR, $LGF, $JAZZ, $CDNS, etc
about 58 days ago by Centrifugal

$RATE http://stks.co/3DUs Moving ave accumulate now
about 58 days ago by cperruna

Select TR1 long ideas. $AGU $BOX $CKSW $CYBX $EXXI $FEIC $KLIC $MDVN $MSCC $PPC $QCOR $RATE $ST $WDC $WFC
about 59 days ago by hertcapital

$RATE http://stks.co/3Buv Breakout buy is $26.05, base on top of base
about 59 days ago by cperruna

RT @markethumblesu $RATE to keep on watch list
about 60 days ago by markethumblesu

watchlist $mcp $osg $rate $eurusd sube ultimo SS .33034
about 65 days ago by pachecor

Recent Quotes

Symbol	Price	Chg	Chg %	Market Cap
RATE	17.37	+0.07	+0.40%	1.730B
RAS	4.06	+0.00	+0.00%	202.51M
RAND	3.02	-0.07	-2.27%	21.07M
RALS	35.93	-0.01	-0.03%
RAIL	19.83	-0.77	-3.74%	246.17M
RAI	41.84	-0.09	-0.21%	23.98B
RAH	63.59	-1.28	-1.97%	3.581B
RADA	1.44	+0.00	+0.00%	12.84M
RAD	1.29	-0.02	-1.53%	1.177B
PXP	35.75	-0.45	-1.24%	4.641B

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