--- 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
> >
>
