Hello, yes, but I would expect the QP, Yahoo, and Merrill Lynch values to all be on the same page as they all say "TTM Earnings" yet their respective values are VERY different!!! Which one is correct? Which one do we use? What I am saying is that 3 sources here display TTM EPS..and all three are very different...not even close.
--- In [email protected], Howard Hansen <hr...@...> wrote: > > TTM stands for trailing 12 months and depending upon when EPS releases > its earnings for the first quarter of 2009 the $4.22 could be for 2008 > or the last 9 months of 2008 and the first 3 months of 2009. Where as > the $1.66 estimate is for a different time period. The estimate is for > the 2009 calendar year. Most likely EPS made a large profit in the > first half of 2008 and analysts are expecting EPS to report a big drop > in earnings in 2009 due to the recession. > > Howard > > > investor952 wrote: > > > > > > I am a bit confused regarding EPS for ticker EVEP. > > > > In QP, it says the TTM eps for EVEP is $4.22. > > This is in the company info section. > > > > However, when I look in the earnings estimate section, > > the current mean estimate for 2009 is 1.66 and for 2010 is 2.11 !!! > > > > How can this be? This seems to be totally out of whack with the $4.22. > > > > Am I reading this right? > > > > Can someone please explain? > > > > Thanks. > > > > >
