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GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company’s financial situation is. It is based on these factors

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest coverage (current year).
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better
3. Altman Z-score.

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

Financial Strength

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industry
vs
history
Cash to Debt 13.467
JIVE's Cash to Debt is ranked lower than
63% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 10000.00 vs. JIVE: 13.467 )
JIVE' s 10-Year Cash to Debt Range
Min: 4.69   Max: 13.75
Current: 13.47

4.69
13.75
Equity to Asset 0.336
JIVE's Equity to Asset is ranked lower than
56% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 0.49 vs. JIVE: 0.336 )
JIVE' s 10-Year Equity to Asset Range
Min: -0.82   Max: 0.47
Current: 0.34

-0.82
0.47
Z-Score: 3.42
GuruFocus Profitability Rank ranks how profitable a company is and how likely the company’s business will stay that way. It is based on these factors:

1. Operating Margin
2. Trend of the Operating Margin (5-year average). The company with an uptrend profit margin has a higher rank.
••3. Consistency of the profitability
4. Piotroski F-Score
5. Predictability Rank•

The maximum rank is 10. A rank of 7 or higher means a higher profitability and may stay that way. A rank of 3 or lower indicates that the company has had trouble to make a profit.

Profitability Rank is not directly related to the Financial Strength Rank. But if a company is consistently profitable, its financial strength will be stronger.

Profitability & Growth

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industry
vs
history
Operating margin (%) -41.40
JIVE's Operating margin (%) is ranked lower than
87% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 5.40 vs. JIVE: -41.40 )
JIVE' s 10-Year Operating margin (%) Range
Min: -59.1   Max: -15.4
Current: -41.4

-59.1
-15.4
Net-margin (%) -41.7
JIVE's Net-margin (%) is ranked lower than
86% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 3.50 vs. JIVE: -41.7 )
JIVE' s 10-Year Net-margin (%) Range
Min: -65.7   Max: -16
Current: -41.7

-65.7
-16
ROE (%) -36.5
JIVE's ROE (%) is ranked lower than
83% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 6.80 vs. JIVE: -36.5 )
JIVE' s 10-Year ROE (%) Range
Min: -36.5   Max: -33.7
Current: -36.5

-36.5
-33.7
ROA (%) -16.8
JIVE's ROA (%) is ranked lower than
84% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 4.00 vs. JIVE: -16.8 )
JIVE' s 10-Year ROA (%) Range
Min: -35.6   Max: -14
Current: -16.8

-35.6
-14
» JIVE's 10-Y Financials

Financials


Revenue & Net Income
Cash & Debt
Oprt. Cash Flow & Free Cash Flow

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Guru Trades

Q2 2012

JIVE Guru Trades in Q2 2012

RS Investment Management 173,523 sh (+17.13%)
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Q3 2012

JIVE Guru Trades in Q3 2012

RS Investment Management 173,860 sh (+0.19%)
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Q4 2012

JIVE Guru Trades in Q4 2012

Jim Simons 77,000 sh (New)
RS Investment Management 138,400 sh (-20.4%)
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Q1 2013

JIVE Guru Trades in Q1 2013

Steven Cohen 56,300 sh (New)
Jim Simons Sold Out
RS Investment Management Sold Out
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Insider Trades

Latest Guru Trades with JIVE

GuruDate Trades Impact to Portfolio Price Range * (?) Current Price Change from Average Current Shares
George Soros 2012-03-31 Sold Out 0.08%$14.34 - $26.95 $ 15.78-15%0
George Soros 2011-12-31 New Buy0.08%$15 - $16.19 $ 15.782%114550
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Ratios

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industry
vs
history
P/B 8.00
JIVE's P/B is ranked lower than
83% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 1.90 vs. JIVE: 8.00 )
JIVE' s 10-Year P/B Range
Min: 1.06   Max: 11.51
Current: 8

1.06
11.51
P/S 8.20
JIVE's P/S is ranked lower than
92% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 1.40 vs. JIVE: 8.20 )
JIVE' s 10-Year P/S Range
Min: 3.34   Max: 11.13
Current: 8.2

3.34
11.13
EV-to-EBIT 31.3
JIVE's EV-to-EBIT is ranked lower than
119760% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 18.35 vs. JIVE: 31.3 )
JIVE' s 10-Year EV-to-EBIT Range
Min: 400.2   Max: 975.8
Current: 31.3

400.2
975.8

Valuation & Return

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industry
vs
history
Price/Net Current Asset Value 25.5
JIVE's Price/Net Current Asset Value is ranked lower than
57% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 13.80 vs. JIVE: 25.5 )
JIVE' s 10-Year Price/Net Current Asset Value Range
Min: 15.5   Max: 22.4
Current: 25.5

15.5
22.4
Price/Tangible Book 11
JIVE's Price/Tangible Book is ranked lower than
62% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 3.85 vs. JIVE: 11 )
JIVE' s 10-Year Price/Tangible Book Range
Min: 3.4   Max: 9.6
Current: 11

3.4
9.6
Price/Median PS Value 1.1
JIVE's Price/Median PS Value is ranked lower than
63% of the 835 Companies
in the Global Software - Application industry.

( Industry Median: 0.80 vs. JIVE: 1.1 )
JIVE' s 10-Year Price/Median PS Value Range
Min: 1.1   Max: 1.1
Current: 1.1

Business Description

Jive Software Inc was incorporated in the state of Delaware in February 2001. The company provides a social business software platform that improves business results by enabling a more productive and effective workforce through enhanced communication and collaboration both inside and outside the enterprise. Its platform is intuitive, easy to use, flexible and scalable, and can be provided as a public cloud service or as a private cloud solution. The company is focused on unlocking the power of the enterprise social graph — the extended social network of an enterprise, encompassing relationships among its employees, customers and partners, as well as their interactions with people and content. The company was founded in February 2001 to commercialize Jive Forums, a discussion-based Internet forums technology used by enterprises for external support communities. Between 2001 and 2005, it primarily generated revenue through the sale of Jive Forums and an internally developed instant messenger product, which subsequently contributed to the open source community. In February 2007, it launched the Jive Engage Platform. Its comprehensive Jive Engage Platform enables and improves collaboration across two principal communities: employees within the enterprise and customers and partners outside the enterprise. The company intends to continue to invest in development of its solutions, infrastructure and sales and marketing to drive long-term growth. It is in the process of transitioning of data centers from a third-party service provider to a co-located facility managed by internal network operations team. The principal elements of its strategy including: In order to grow customer base, it is investing heavily in direct sales efforts. In particular, it intends to significantly invest in sales organization in the United States, Europe and South America; It is also intends to expand current platform and extend product leadership by developing and acquiring innovative technologies and products, and leveraging the innovation of partners in the Jive Apps Market; Develop the Jive ecosystem. The company intends to continue to develop the Jive ecosystem by enabling customers and other third parties to create applications that integrate with platform. The company sells platform primarily through a direct sales force both domestically and internationally. As of June 30, 2011, it had 635 enterprise Jive Engage Platform customers, including Hewlett-Packard Company, SAP AG, T-Mobile and UBS AG, with over 15 million users within these customers and their communities. The company's primary competition currently comes from large well-established enterprise software vendors such as Microsoft Corporation and IBM Corporation.
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Industry: Software - Application
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