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To: jazzcat2000 who wrote (79345)	9/1/2000 2:22:35 PM
From: David E. Taylor	Respond to of 152472

jc2: True, and comparisons between companies are not always straightforward because of the varying FY ends - DELL's FY 2001 for example ends 1/01, whereas for most companies, it's 12/01. Nonetheless, you can usually figure out whether a quoted P/E used current FY earnings, next FY earnings, trailing 12 month (actual) or forward 12 month (estimated) earnings, or whatever. But this "adjusted EPS", or "ATOP" that these guys used? I have no idea how they "adjusted" the reported EPS - reported I might add, "in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles". :-):-) David T.