Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

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That's called a computer glitch. Earnings (net income) growth was 12.41%. you can't calculate EPS growth when a negative number exists. The resulting number will always be a negative. Online financial data sites use a pre-determined calculation that always produces incorrect data when a negative is involved, which is why it's important to know the actual simple calculation yourself.

Fannie produced $0.01 per share of earnings in 2016. They produced $-0.05 in 2015.

($0.01 - $-0.05) / $-0.05 = -120%

The result is always a negative number. So how to fix that is to measure their net income before earnings are paid out which are done so based on outstanding shares.

($12.313 - $10.954) / $10.954 = 12.41%

If you're looking for a forward year projection just look at the Treasury reports on what they anticipate the NWS will be. For 2017, they anticipate it decreasing due to earnings decrease. $17b in total for both Fannie & Freddie compared to $19.95b for 2016.