Stocks Buzz: ExactTarget Inc, Moody's Corporation, HMS Holdings Corp, BroadSoft Inc

Lakeway, TX -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/04/2013 -- Bestdamnpennystocks, an investment community with a special focus on updating investors with recent news on the U.S. stock market, issues news alert on the following stocks:-

ExactTarget Inc (NYSE:ET) shares climbed 1.84% and closed at $22.71. ET’s stock had its price target raised by Roth Capital from $26.00 to $28.00 in a research report sent to investors on Feb. 22. The firm currently has a buy rating on the stock.
Additionally, the company issued its quarterly earnings data on February 21. The company reported ($0.10) EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($0.18) by $0.08. The company had revenue of $85.80 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $79.77 million.

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Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO) shares jumped 1.81% and closed at $48.93 in the last trading session. Linda S. Huber, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Moody's Corporation will present at the Raymond James 34th Annual Institutional Investors Conference in Orlando on Monday, March 4, 2013 at 9:15 a.m. Eastern Time and at the Piper Jaffray Technology, Media & Telecommunications Conference in New York on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

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HMS Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:HMSY) shares climbed 1.79% and closed at $29.57. The company, on Feb. 22, posted fourth-quarter net income and comprehensive income of $19.99 million or $0.23 per share, compared to $11.13 million or $0.13 per share in the corresponding quarter previous year. Adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter increased to $0.27. Analysts expected the company to report earnings of $0.14 per share for the quarter. Revenue increased to $133.10 million from $99.67 million in the comparable quarter last year, while analysts had consensus revenue estimate of $134.57 million for the quarter.

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BroadSoft Inc (NASDAQ:BSFT) shares jumped 1.76% to $21.37. The company, last week, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and twelve-month period ended December 31, 2012. Total revenue rose to $45.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2012, an increase of 13% compared to $40.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011. Net income for the fourth quarter of 2012 was $4.9 million, or $0.17 per diluted common share, compared to net income of $5.5 million, or $0.19 per diluted common share in the fourth quarter of 2011.

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