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American Software

The past year was a good investment year for American Software investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were loss-making period for the investors in American Software, the stock lost around 0 percent. American Software' stock rose the past 5 years at around 15 percent. American Software's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were very constant and moved between 102,64 million dollars and 102,87 million dollars. The net results between 2011 and 2015 were very constant and fluctuated between 7,36 million dollars and 8,13 million dollars.

American Software's head office is based in Atlanta. American Software is mostly active in the software sector. Mr. J. Michael Edenfield is operating by ' CEO. The CFO of American Software the company is Mr. Vincent C. Klinges. The global software & services companies gained over the past 10 years on average 70 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 68 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a plus of 70 percent.

The American company paid out dividends in the past 5 years. Over the past 5 years the stock delivered an average dividend return of 1,9 percent.

American Software financed with relatively low debt

At the end of 2015 the American company had a balance sheet of 134,27 million dollars. 41,34 million dollars (30,79 percent of the total balance sheet) was financed by debt. Last year the software & services company's price/earnings-ratio (PE) was around 30. So the investors valued the stock at 30 times 2015' earnings per share. Many analysts say that based on her price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the market capitalization (the number of shares outstanding multiplied by the stock price) of the software & services company equaled around 278,02 million dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 28,28 million stocks listed.

All American Software's annual reports can be found here. More information about American Software can be found it's website. .