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To: pat pasquale who wrote (43633)	5/19/1998 10:07:00 PM
From: Meathead	Respond to of 176387

I'll make it simple for you. Throw out EPS, shrs outstanding, shrs bought back, etc. and look at revenues and earnings, period, to see which way this company is heading. Rev earn Q1_97 2588 198 Q2 2814 214 Q3 3188 248 Q4 3737 285 Q1_98 3920 305 When you look at it like this, it's not terribly difficult to get a sense of how they're really doing. MEATHEAD

To: pat pasquale who wrote (43633)	5/19/1998 10:09:00 PM
From: Jorge	Respond to of 176387

Was it worth it?....My brokerage account says 'Yes', it was worth it. Regards, George

To: pat pasquale who wrote (43633)	5/19/1998 10:24:00 PM
From: Chuzzlewit	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 176387

Pat, at the end of the fourth quarter there were 706MM fully diluted shares o/s. Assuming that this figure remained the same in this quarter, the eps would have been $305/706=$.432/share. That compares to the actual of $.436/share. This is only an approximation because we have not been provided with a statement of equity. Dell makes nothing on buybacks. Stock repurchases do not run through the income statement. The simply appear as a debit item in "treasury stock" which is included in the equity section. TTFN, CTC