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SoundBite Communications, EPS (Diluted) Historical Data
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
Competitive Comparison of SoundBite Communications,'s EPS (Diluted)
For the Specialty Business Services subindustry, SoundBite Communications,'s PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PE Ratio data, can be viewed below:
* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.
SoundBite Communications,'s PE Ratio Distribution in the Business Services Industry
For the Business Services industry and Industrials sector, SoundBite Communications,'s PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where SoundBite Communications,'s PE Ratio falls into.
EPS (Diluted) is a rough measurement of the amount of a company's profit that can be allocated to one share of its stock. Diluted EPS takes into account all of the outstanding dilutive securities that could potentially be exercised (such as stock options and convertible preferred stock) and shows how such an action would impact earnings per share.
SoundBite Communications,'s Diluted EPS for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as
EPS (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2013 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €-0.14
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.
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SoundBite Communications, (FRA:4S9) Business Description
SoundBite Communications, Inc. was founded in Delaware in April 2000. The Company provides an on-demand, multi-channel proactive customer communications service that enables organizations to design, execute and measure communication campaigns for a variety of marketing, customer care, payment and collection processes. Clients use its SoundBite Engage platform to communicate with their customers through voice, text and email messages that are relevant, timely, personalized and engaging. Its service is provided using a multi-tenant architecture, which enables a single customer communications platform to serve all of its clients cost-effectively. Clients use the SoundBite Engage platform to create and manage campaigns for a variety of marketing, customer care, payments and collections processes. A campaign is a series of communications with a targeted group of customers, typically for a defined period of time. The targeted group is identified by a contact list containing customer-specific attributes, including first and last names, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and other information specific to the campaign. The Company's service is provided using a multi-tenant architecture, which enables a single PCC platform to serve all of its clients cost-effectively. To use its service, an organization does not need to invest in or maintain new hardware or to hire and manage dedicated information technology staff. The Company's Client Management organization helps clients select service features and adopt best practices that would enable the clients to use its multi-channel PCC platform effectively. The organization provides varying levels of support, such as managing entire campaigns, providing optimization recommendations and supporting self-service clients. It offers a range of services that includes script development, campaign strategy, professional voice talent recording, custom reporting and detailed analysis of campaign results. The Company serves its clients from three third-party hosting facilities, which are located in Ashburn, Virginia; Somerville, Massachusetts; and Toronto, Ontario. The Company's business operations are affected, directly or indirectly, by a range of U.S. federal and state laws and regulations that restrict customer communications activities using its service, its handling of information and other aspects of its business.
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