Gary Thanks for clearing up the mystery as to why Quotes Plus EPS data never seemed to correlate with Yahoo and MSN data.
Howard gary wrote: > > Hello - > > The number that we use for eps and revenue are here: > > http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/estimates.asp?symbol=JPM&WTmodLOC=L2-LeftNav-23-Estimates > > <http://stocks.us.reuters.com/stocks/estimates.asp?symbol=JPM&WTmodLOC=L2-LeftNav-23-Estimates> > > > They are about halfway down the page, under the actual column. > > Best regards > > Gray Lyben > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Howard Hansen <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > *To:* [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 28, 2007 5:33 PM > *Subject:* Re: [quotes-plus] Re: EPS > > 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 > <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 > <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> > > <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? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
