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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (14413)8/29/2000 4:22:35 AM
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Naturally, the larger the option grants, the bigger the hit to a
company's earnings. Ms. McConnell found four industry
groups in the S.& P. 500 whose earnings would have
declined 10 percent or more in each of the last three years if
option grants were counted as an expense. Companies in the
business of health care services would have shown a 38
percent decline in earnings last year; computer networking
concerns, 24 percent; commercial and consumer services
companies, 21 percent; and communications equipment
makers, 19 percent.

Earnings at 122 companies -- almost one-quarter of the
stocks in the index -- declined more than 10 percent last year
when stock options were accounted for as an expense. That
compares with 79 companies showing such declines in 1998
and 61 companies in 1997, Ms. McConnell said.



nytimes.com
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