Well.. The Merrill Lynch website has 24.4 for a p/e for ald..which more or less agrees with QPs p/e. No wonder stocks go up and down..everyone is working with different information.
--- In [email protected], "optiontrader3290" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It would appear that they both could be correct. Yahoo uses fully > diluted EPS including extraordinary expenses. A quick glance at the > quarterly Income Statement for ALD shows a lot of extraordinary items > must have been included it the 4th quarter last year. > > See: > http://finance.google.com/finance?fstype=ci&cid=657581 > > If QP's data excludes these items then the 8.02 P/E could well be > correct. > > Just because numbers are different don't mean that QP or Yahoo either > one are incorrect. > > Someone once said that accounting is an art not a science. > > > > --- In [email protected], "investor0329" <mb0329@> wrote: > > > > According to QP, the TTM P/E for ALD (twelve month trailing) is 23.31. > > > > According to Yahoo, it is 8.02 !! > > > > This is a big difference...too big. > > > > Which one is correct? > > > > > > http://finance.yahoo.com/q?d=t&s=ALD > > >
