Rolf I tried comparing the data you provided with the data provided by Reuters on their Web Site. See http://www.reuters.com/?WTmodLOC=L2-LeftNav-1-Home
For quarter ending March 2007 you say QP shows JPM's EPS was $1.23 and MSN shows $1.34 to $1.40. Under the heading Financial Highlights Reuters shows JPM's EPS was $1.34 for the quarter ending March 2007. Under the Heading Financial Statements Reuters shows the following data for the quarter ending March 2007. Primary EPS Excluding Extra Items = $1.385 Primary EPS Including Extra Items = $1.385 Diluted EPS Excluding Extra Items = $1.345 Diluted EPS Including Extra Items = $1.345 For quarter ending June 2007 you say QP shows HP's EPS was $0.88 and MSN shows $1.02. Under the heading Financial Highlights Reuters shows HP's EPS was $1.09 for the quarter ending June 2007 and $102 for the quarter ending ending March 2007. Under the Heading Financial Statements Reuters shows the following data for the quarter ending June 2007. Primary EPS Excluding Extra Items = $1.115 Primary EPS Including Extra Items = $1.115 Diluted EPS Excluding Extra Items = $1.094 Diluted EPS Including Extra Items = $1.094 Based on these limited observations I conclude MSN's EPS data is consistent with the data posted on Reuters Web Site. It appears the EPS data you show for HP's quarter ending June 2007 was really for HP's quarter ending March 2007. I could not find any correlation between the EPS data posted on Reuters Web Site and the EPS data provided by Quotes Plus. Evidently the EPS data Reuters is supplying Quotes Plus is calculated by an altogether different method than the method Reuters is using to calculate EPS data they post on their Web Site. Gery also posted this alternate explanation on 6/04/2007 as to why Quotes Plus's EPS data was different than Yahoo' EPS data. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/quotes-plus/message/17847 Howard rolfwidmer wrote: > > - JPM, MSN for 03/07 shows 1.34 to 1.40 (diluted, non diluted), QP > shows 1.23, maybe this is a correction but it is not clear. > - HP, for quarter 06/07, MSN shows 1.02, QP shows 0.88 > - there are others as well diferring > > I understand that most of differences are small. For me it would > just be important to understand why the differences exist and how > the qp eps data is built as there is only a pointer to Reuters in > this newsgroup, but MSN uses Reuters as well!? > > Rolf > > Probably this is due to corrections, but > > --- In [email protected] > <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com>, Howard Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Please provide the symbols for 2 or 3 stocks that show a different > > historical EPS in Quotes Plus than MSN . > > > > Howard > > > > rolfwidmer wrote: > > > > > > If I compare historical eps data from QP and from MSN (also from > > > Reuters) there are sometimes some differences. Why this? > > > > > > > > > >
