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To: Bruce Brown who wrote (37329)	1/1/2001 6:56:40 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 54805

BB, << Mike already addressed Siebel. I was curious where you got the P/E ratio of 363.58? >> Microsoft Investor is calculating it at 178. moneycentral.msn.com Happy New Year. - Eric -

To: Bruce Brown who wrote (37329)	1/2/2001 12:57:41 PM
From: muckraker71	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 54805

Folks, the basics of finance and stock prices is that today's stock price is always a calculation of future earnings. So when calculating PE ratios, you almost always look at forward earnings, not trailing earnings. As such, this year's numbers are (very conservatively) estimated 0.66, so based on Friday's close, SEBL's PE is around 102. Unfortunately, today's PE ratio is lower! Using a recent trade of 60.5, SEBL's PE on forward earnings is around 90.