Even TTM earnings are open to interpretation. One service might exclude "extraordinary items" while another may report the straight GAAP figures. I don't trust any of them. If it's really important, I look at the SEC filings myself.
On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 5:51 PM, investor952 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
