RESEARCH IN MOT (RIMM) Price: $29.04

Industry: Telecommunications EquipmentChaikin Power Gauge Report | Generated: Fri Jul 08 15:57 EDT 2011

RESEARCH IN MOT

RIMM$29.04

Expert Opinions

Price/Volume Activity

Earnings Performance

Financial Metrics

Power Gauge Rating

RIMM RESEARCH IN ..

News Sentiment :Neutral

July 07, 2011

News Sentiment Rating

Neutral

Chaikin Sentiment GaugeTM

for RIMM is neutral. Stories concerning RIMM havea balanced or neutral sentiment.

Power Trend - 5 Year Chart

The Power Gauge distills a 20 factor model into a concise picture of a stock's potential. High Potential Neutral Low Potential

RIMM - Neutral

The Chaikin Power Gauge RatingTM

for RIMM is neutral with very attractivefinancial metrics, very strong earnings performance, neutral price/volumeactivity and very negative expert opinions.

RIMM's financial metrics are excellent due to a low long term debt to equityratio.

Expert opinions about RIMM are very negative which is evidenced by analystsrevising earnings estimates downward.

Despite these bullish factors, Chaikin Power Tools has identified a negativetrend resulting in a neutral rating.

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Financials & Earnings

Business Value

Price to Sales Ratio

Return on Equity

Price to Book Value

LT Debt/Equity Ratio

Financial Metrics Financial Metrics Rating

Assets and Liabilities Valuation Returns

Very Bullish

RIMM's financial metrics are excellent. The company does not hold much longterm debt and yields a high return on shareholder's equity.

The rank is based on a low long term debt to equity ratio, low price to book value,high return on equity, low price to sales ratio and relatively high cash flow.

Ratio TTM

Current Ratio 2.04

LT Debt/Equity 0.00

Ratio TTM

Price/Book 1.59

Price/Sales 0.76

Ratio TTM

Return on Invest 39.6%

Return on Equity 39.6%

Earnings Consistency

Projected P/E Ratio

Earnings Trend

Earnings Surprise

Earnings Growth

Earnings Performance Earnings Performance Rating

5 Year Revenue and Earnings Growth EPS Estimates

EPS Surprise EPS Quarterly Results

Very Bullish

RIMM's earnings performance has been very strong. The company has a historyof strong earnings growth and is priced relatively low compared to next year'sprojected EPS.

The rank is based on high earnings growth over the past 3-5 years, worse thanexpected earnings in recent quarters, an upward trend in earnings this year, arelatively low projected P/E ratio and consistent earnings over the past 5 years.

02/07 02/08 02/09 02/10 02/11

Revenue(M) 3,037.10 6,009.40 11,065.19 14,953.22 19,907.00

Rev % Growth 47.02% 97.87% 84.13% 35.14% 33.13%

EPS $1.14 $2.31 $3.35 $4.35 $6.36

EPS % Growth 69.39% 102.63% 45.02% 29.85% 46.21%

Factor Actual EPS Prev EST EPS Current Change

Quarterly EPS $1.46 $0.88 -0.58

Yearly EPS $6.36 $5.20 -1.16

Factor Actual EPS Growth Est EPS Growth Change

3-5 year EPS 59.46% 12.88% -46.58

Estimate Actual Difference % Difference

Latest Qtr $1.32 $1.33 $0.01 0.76

1 Qtr Ago $1.75 $1.78 $0.03 1.71

2 Qtr Ago $1.64 $1.74 $0.10 6.10

3 Qtr Ago $1.35 $1.46 $0.11 8.15

FY Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Total

02/09 $1.13 $0.84 $1.11 $1.27 $4.35

02/10 $1.39 $1.46 $1.74 $1.79 $6.38

02/11 $1.33 - - - -

Fiscal Year End Month is February.

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Price Trend & Expert Opinions

Volume Trend

Price Trend ROC

Price Trend

Chaikin Money Flow

Relative Strength vs Market

Price/Volume Activity Price/Volume Activity Rating

Relative Strength vs S&P500 Index

Chart shows whether RIMM is performing better or worse than the market.

Chaikin Money Flow

Chaikin Money Flow analyzes supply and demand for a company's stock.

Price Activity Price Activity Volume Activity

Neutral

Price and volume activity for RIMM is neutral. RIMM is in an accelerating pricetrend compared to 4 months ago and has underperformed the S&P 500 over 26weeks.

The rank for RIMM is based on its relative weakness versus the market, negativeChaikin money flow, a negative Chaikin price trend, a positive Chaikin price trendROC and an increasing volume trend.

Factor Value

52 Week High 69.86

52 Week Low 25.89

% Change YTD Rel S&P 500 -53.28%

Factor Value

% Change Price - 4 Weeks -22.81%

% Change Price - 24 Weeks -53.48%

% Change Price - 4 Wks Rel to S&P -26.47%

% Change Price - 24 Wks Rel to S&P -55.99%

Factor Value

Average Volume 20 Days 29,139,148

Average Volume 90 Days 17,093,350

Chaikin Money Flow Persistency 12%

Relative Strength vs Industry

Analyst Opinions

Insider Activity

Short Interest

Earnings Estimate Revisions

Expert Opinions Expert Opinions

Earnings Estimate Revisions Analyst Recommendations EPS Estimates Revision Summary

Very Bearish

Expert opinions about RIMM are very negative. Analysts are lowering their EPSestimates for RIMM and RIMM has been under-performing theTelecommunications Equipment industry over the past 13 weeks.

The rank for RIMM is based on analysts revising earnings estimates downward, ahigh short interest ratio, optimistic analyst opinions and relative weakness of thestock versus the Telecommunications Equipment industry group.

Current 7 Days Ago % Change

Current Qtr 0.88 0.88 0.00%

Next Qtr 1.42 1.42 0.00%

Current 30 Days Ago % Change

Current FY 5.20 6.33 -1.13

Factor Value

Mean this Week Hold

Mean Last Week Hold

Change 0.00

Mean 5 Weeks Ago Hold

Last Week Last 4 Weeks

Up Down Up Down

Curr Qtr 0 0 0 39

Curr Yr 0 0 0 44

Next Qtr 0 0 2 37

Next Yr 0 0 1 31

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The Company & Its Competitors

RIMM's Competitors in Telecommunications Equipment

Company Power Historic EPS Projected EPS Profit Margin PEG PE Revenue(M)Gauge growth growth

RIMM 59.46% 12.88% 16.21% 0.43 4.60 19,907

MMI 3.71% 13.33% - 5.90 - 11,460

ERIC 9.16% 9.00% 6.73% 1.73 16.44 30,844

MSI -11.06% 7.00% 5.94% 3.10 16.69 19,282

NOK 9.39% 7.67% 4.02% 2.75 8.07 58,086

QCOM 15.03% 15.33% 29.51% 1.40 23.80 10,991

News Headlines for RIMM

ITC Commission Issues Favorable Ruling inKodak Patent Case Against Apple and RIM - Jun30, 2011

Trade forum weighs Kodak patent dispute withApple - Jun 30, 2011

Nokia to launch Microsoft platform phones in2011 - Jun 21, 2011

Analyst upgrades chip designer Marvell to 'buy' -Jun 20, 2011

RIM Shares Tumble as Forecast Slashed Again- Jun 16, 2011

Company Details Company Profile

RESEARCH IN MOT295 PHILLIP STONTARIO CANADA, A6 N2L 3W8USAPhone: 5198887465Website: http://www.rim.comFull Time Employees: 17,500Sector: Computer and Technology

RESEARCH IN MOTION is a world leader in the mobile communications market and hasa history of developing breakthrough wireless solutions. RIM's portfolio of award-winningproducts, services and embedded technologies are used by thousands of organizationsaround the world and include the BlackBerry wireless platform, the RIM WirelessHandheld product line, software development tools, radio-modems andsoftware/hardware licensing agreements.

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