Great American Bancorp (Great American Bancorp) Net Income : $1.16 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2007)

Great American Bancorp Net Income Chart

Great American Bancorp Annual Data
	Trend	Dec98	Dec99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07
Net Income		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					1.47	1.46	2.16	1.52	1.16

Great American Bancorp Quarterly Data
	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07	Dec07
Net Income	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.37	0.40	0.26	0.30	0.20

Great American Bancorp Net Income Calculation

Net Income is the net profit that a company earns after deducting all costs and losses including cost of goods, SGA, DDA, interest expenses, non-recurring items and tax.

Net Income
= Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold - Selling, General, & Admin. Expense - Research & Development - Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization - Interest Expense - Non Operating Income (NRI) - Tax Expense + Others
= EBITDA - Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization - Interest Expense - Non Operating Income (NRI) - Tax Expense + Others
= Operating Income - Interest Expense - Non Operating Income (NRI) - Tax Expense + Others
= Pre-Tax Income - Tax Expense + Others

Great American Bancorp's Net Income for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Great American Bancorp's Net Income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2007 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $1.16 Mil.

* 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.

Great American Bancorp  (OTCPK:GTPS) Net Income Explanation

Net Income is the most widely cited number in reporting a company's profitability. It is linked to the most popular earnings-per-share (EPS) number through:

Great American Bancorp's Earnings per Share (Diluted) (EPS) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2007 is calculated as

* 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.

Although Net Income and Earnings-per-Share (EPS) are the most widely used parameter in measuring a company's profitability and valuation, it is the least reliable. The reason is that reported earnings can be manipulated easily by adjusting any numbers such as Depreciation, Depletion and Amotorization and non-recurring items.

EPS is most useful for companies that have:

The dividend paid to preferred stocks needs to be subtracted from the total net income in the calculation of EPS because common stock holders are not entitled to that part of the net income.

Be Aware

Warren Buffett looks for consistency and upward long term trend. Because of share repurchase it is possible for net earnings trend to differ from EPS trend. He preferred Net Income over EPS. The companies with durable competitive advantage companies report higher % net earnings to total revenues.

Important: If a company is showing net earnings history greater than 20% on total revenues, it is probably benefiting from a long term competitive advantage.

If net earnings is less than 10%, likely to be in a highly competitive business.

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