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Re: pual post# 6194

Thursday, 12/23/2004 1:04:30 PM

Thursday, December 23, 2004 1:04:30 PM

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Here's where you can get started:

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/eps.asp

Earnings per Share - EPS
The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. Calculated as:

Companies usually use a weighted average number of shares outstanding over the reporting term.

This is the single most popular variable in dictating a share's price. EPS indicates the profitability of a company.

The diluted EPS means that the outstanding shares include any convertibles or warrants outstanding.

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Got it, yet?

So pointing to a PR claiming 2.3 million referring to an earnings PERIOD doesn't contradict the fact of 6,176,035 shares outstand currently.




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