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To: umbro who wrote (10406)7/15/1998 1:24:00 AM
From: Dwight E. Karlsen  Respond to of 164684
 
Gary, re a weird thing happens with negative earnings when shares are diluted: the EPS numbers get better (closer to zero)

True, but when shares are diluted, for instance with a split or a secondary offering, that doesn't hide the trend.

as you say, here is current per Zacks.
q197   q297   q397   q497   q198   q298(est.)
-0.06 -0.14 -0.18 -0.19 -0.20 -0.38


now let's see the effects of a 2 for 1 stock split:
q197   q297   q397   q497   q198   q298(est.)
-0.03 -0.07 -0.09 -0.10 -0.10 -0.19