Do all analysts use diluted earnings for estimated EPS? And does every company have its fixed formula? If not, how can analysts calculate the estimated EPS if the company changes its way -for what it see more meaningfull/included- ?
yeah you look at current diluted shares outstanding and then model share issuance/buyback based upon what the company has said.
%% NOT really, even though that would be the most complete way; so many tech companies got helped with employee's stock options, which diluted a bit. MSFT had much better gains with plenty of employee options, higher PE + no dividend................. I dont know about a fixed formula, but they say a lot of stuff+ numbers to hide any kind of slow or no growth