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To: Q who wrote (19737)	1/30/1998 12:22:00 AM
From: Marc Trombella	Respond to of 36349

<<Can anyone please explain to me why Yahoo has it at .17 Thanx in advance>> .17 is the diluted earnings. So the actual earnings are .19 undiluted. I believe the street was looking for .17 undiluted. Diluted earnings takes into consideration the stock options and other variables. I believe diluted earnings will be the new standard for reporting.

To: Q who wrote (19737)	1/30/1998 1:19:00 AM
From: Leo Mitkievicz	Respond to of 36349

qtrinh Try this link for a pretty good explantion of what is going on with earnings reporting and estimates (Last Friday article Money Daily) pathfinder.com@@1m2QggYAW@otf@Hu/money/moneydaily/1998/980123pm.moneyonline.html >>>...the snafu is likely to happen again during this earnings season. That's because no one has really gone through to check all the analysts' estimates to see if they are based on diluted or basic earnings. The general agreement between Wall Street analysts and firms like First Call and IBES is that the analysts should be reporting diluted earnings in their estimates. But as the IBM example shows, this is not always the case.<<< Hope this helps Leo