TTM, as you say stands for trailing twelve months. That means, previously occurring twelve months...I believe, by definition. The 'previous' twelve months should be the same for QP, Yahoo, Merrill Lynch, and anyone else. Right? It shouldn't have to depend on anything... previous twelve months is previous twelve months.. in this case, May 2008 thru April 2009. I learned that TTM is a rolling year...the prior 12 months. The same for everybody.
--- 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. > > > > >
