Just curious

The Market PE ratio according to market scan is 29.6 but according to a variety of other sources is in the order of 17 depending on where you look.

Also BPT's PE Ratio is sitting at around 14 most places - but according to Market scan is around 25.28

This seems to be a large difference - does marketscan use a different formula?

Hi Cryptonomicon

I'm not sure how PE ratio is calculated by Market Scan, but am aware that some sources base it on current earnings while others do it future earnings. The may explain the differences noted in your mail.

I think this boils down to an issue reported elsewhere on the forum.

The data is way out of date. If I dig out BPT's 2005 EPS value of 5.6 and plug it into the Price/EPS I end up with 1.35/0.056 = 24.107 pretty close to the 25.28 reported by MarketScan

Conclusion - the data is out of date and you would have to seriously question the relevance of any scans.

Pity really

yes, can someone tell us how market scan really works. like sample computations will be appreciated. this is just to make sure the system really works efficiently, ive been using a different system and planning to switch it to market scan.