what is the correct EPS?

mr_byte31 · Aug 28, 2018

Hi All,

I was looking for some stocks and one of the interesting stocks I found was WRD.
it went up very much and it is going down again now.

I wanted to understand why it is going down. I found that earning news was not good.

I found that websites do have different EPS for this stock which was very confusing !!

First group :
Let's start with Zacks. Zacks stated the reported EPS for Q2 as 0.39 (reference : https://www.zacks.com/stock/research/WRD/earnings-announcements)

market beat stated the reported EPS as Zacks (0.39)

Yahoo finance stated the reported EPS as 0.39 as well.

second group :

Market watch stated the reported EPS as -0.22 ( reference : https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/wrd/financials/income/quarter)

Sec filing has the 10-Q document as EPS = +0.22! ( reference : https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1681714/000155837018006889/wrd-20180630x10q.htm)

NASDAQ has EPS = -0.22 as well ( reference : https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/wrd/revenue-eps)

I don't know why I see different values. shouldn't they all be the same ?
I went through different companies and some others have the same issue. different EPS for each site !

dozu888 · Aug 28, 2018

why waste time on garbage, when you have blue chips like AMZN going up every day?

mr_byte31 · Aug 28, 2018

dozu888 said:
why waste time on garbage, when you have blue chips like AMZN going up every day?

I need to learn how to get the correct EPS.
it doesn't matter what is the company.

tommcginnis · Aug 28, 2018

It doesn't matter that it's 2018 -- this is an old complaint.

So, you'll get plenty of sympathetic readers, but few (new) answers.

Sorry.

I think, the best you can do is, much of what you've already done: shop around, look for consistency by release, and then from release-to-release.

danielc1 · Aug 28, 2018

10q form is correct and is a negative number ( ) = negative...

danielc1 · Aug 28, 2018

So market watch and nasdaq has it also correct. -0.22

mr_byte31 · Aug 28, 2018

danielc1 said:
10q form is correct and is a negative number ( ) = negative...

I see it +ve in the document
Where did u find the sign? :/

mr_byte31 · Aug 29, 2018

mr_byte31 said:
I see it +ve in the document
Where did u find the sign? :/

Ok, I got it it.
Many thanks
but do you know why news and other big websites like Zacks or yahoo use different EPS number ?

Peter8519 · Aug 29, 2018

I used to fret over EPS. Which is more accurate YTD or TTM ? Personally, I find Morningstar number to be most concise as it is shown in the Income Statement.
https://financials.morningstar.com/income-statement/is.html?t=0P000000GY&culture=en-US&ops=clear

murray t turtle · Aug 29, 2018

mr_byte31 said:
Hi All,

I was looking for some stocks and one of the interesting stocks I found was WRD.
it went up very much and it is going down again now.

I wanted to understand why it is going down. I found that earning news was not good.

I found that websites do have different EPS for this stock which was very confusing !!

First group :
Let's start with Zacks. Zacks stated the reported EPS for Q2 as 0.39 (reference : https://www.zacks.com/stock/research/WRD/earnings-announcements)

market beat stated the reported EPS as Zacks (0.39)

Yahoo finance stated the reported EPS as 0.39 as well.

second group :

Market watch stated the reported EPS as -0.22 ( reference : https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/wrd/financials/income/quarter)

Sec filing has the 10-Q document as EPS = +0.22! ( reference : https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1681714/000155837018006889/wrd-20180630x10q.htm)

NASDAQ has EPS = -0.22 as well ( reference : https://www.nasdaq.com/symbol/wrd/revenue-eps)

I don't know why I see different values. shouldn't they all be the same ?
I went through different companies and some others have the same issue. different EPS for each site !

%% Well with a weak sector mostly;
weak chart, weak price YTD, i would pick weakest eps + find something else. YHOO is not known for accuracy , but i use thier email