Citizens National (Citizens National) Earnings per Share (Diluted) : $3.96 (TTM As of Mar. 2006)

Citizens National Earnings per Share (Diluted) Chart

Citizens National Quarterly Data
	Sep92	Dec92	Mar93	Jun93	Sep93	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06
Earnings per Share (Diluted)	Get a 7-Day Free Trial									0.84	0.93	1.10	0.91	1.03

Competitive Comparison of Citizens National's Earnings per Share (Diluted)

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Citizens National's PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PE Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Citizens National's PE Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

For the Banks industry and Financial Services sector, Citizens National's PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Citizens National's PE Ratio falls into.

Citizens National Earnings per Share (Diluted) Calculation

Earnings Per Share (EPS) is the amount of earnings per outstanding share of the company's stock. In calculating earnings per share, the dividends of preferred stocks need to subtracted from the total net income first.

Citizens National's Earnings Per Share (Diluted) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2005 is calculated as

Citizens National's Earnings Per Share (Diluted) for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2006 is calculated as

Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Mar. 2006 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.96

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Companies also reported diluted shares in their financial reports. Diluted shares include the shares of convertibles or warrants outstanding.

Citizens National  (OTCPK:CZNL) Earnings per Share (Diluted) Explanation

Earnings Per Share (EPS) is the single most important variable used by Wall Street in determining the earnings power of a company. But investors need to be aware that Earnings per Share can be easily manipulated by adjusting depreciation and amortization rate or non-recurring items. That's why GuruFocus lists EPS without NRI, which better reflects the company's underlying performance.

Be Aware

Compared with Earnings per share, a company's cash flow is better indicator of the company's earnings power.

If a company's earnings per share is less than cash flow per share over long term, investors need to be cautious and find out why.

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