About Forrester

About Forrester

Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) is an independent technology and market research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice to global leaders in business and technology. For more than 24 years, Forrester has been making leaders successful every day through its proprietary research, consulting, events, and peer-to-peer executive programs.

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The Forrester Difference

Forrester focuses on the business implications of technology change. Uniquely, Forrester guides marketing executives, business strategists, and IT professionals to create a unified technology plan that gains business advantage.


Market Facts

Market: Nasdaq

Symbol: FORR

Fiscal year-end: December 31

Initial public offering (pre-split): 2,300,000 shares (November 1996) $16 per share

Stock split: 2:1 February 7, 2000

Secondary public offering (post-split): 626,450 shares (February 2000) $39 per share


Key Metrics
METRIC 2004 2005 2006*
Total revenues $137.6M $151.4M $181.5M
Net income $4.1M $11.3M $16.2M
Pro forma net income** $13.5M $15.1M $22.3M
Diluted EPS $0.18 $0.52 $0.70
Pro forma diluted EPS** $0.60 $0.69 $0.97
Agreement value $137.1M $148.6M $172.8M
Client companies 1,866 1,980 2,312

* Preliminary and unaudited. In connection with an investigation into its historical stock option granting practices, Forrester has announced that it will need to restate its historical financial statements to record additional charges for compensation expense and related tax impacts.

** Our pro forma presentation excludes amortization of intangibles and other integration costs related to acquisitions, reorganization costs, and impairments of non-marketable investments, as well as their related tax effects. This does not purport to be prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

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Corporate Facts
Founded: 1983 by George F. Colony
Headquarters: 400 Technology Square Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Employees: 935 (as of March 31, 2008), more than 346 of whom are research professionals.
Number of client companies: 2,490 (as of March 31, 2008)
Ranked: In the top 75 on Forbes' 200 Best Small Companies list for five consecutive years.
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