About Forrester
Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) is an independent research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking advice to global leaders in business and technology. Forrester works with professionals in 19 key roles at major companies providing proprietary research, consumer insight, consulting, events, and peer-to-peer executive programs. For more than 25 years, Forrester has been making IT, marketing, and technology industry leaders successful every day. For more information, visit www.forrester.com.
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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 |
2006 |
2007
| 2008 |
| Total revenues |
$181.5M |
$212.1M |
$240.9M |
| Net income |
$17.8M |
$18.9M |
$29.2M |
| Pro forma net income** |
$22.5M |
$27.5M |
$31.1M |
| Diluted EPS |
$0.77 |
$0.80 |
$1.24 |
| Pro forma diluted EPS** |
$0.98 |
$1.16 |
$1.32 |
| Agreement value |
$172.8M |
$197.2M |
$222.5M |
| Client companies |
2,312 |
2,468 |
2,643 |
** Forrester believes that pro forma financial results provide investors with consistent and comparable information to aid in the understanding of Forrester's ongoing business. Forrester uses pro forma financial information to manage its business, including use of pro forma results as the basis for setting targets for various compensation programs. Our pro forma presentation excludes amortization of intangibles, non-cash stock-based compensation expense, gains or impairments from marketable and non-marketable investments, costs associated with the stock option investigation and restatement of our historical financial statements, as well as their related tax effects. The pro forma data does not purport to be prepared in accordance with Accounting Principles Generally Accepted in the United States.