Benchmark Bankshares (Benchmark Bankshares) EPS (Diluted) : $0.69 (TTM As of Sep. 2007)

Benchmark Bankshares EPS (Diluted) Chart

Benchmark Bankshares Annual Data
	Trend	Dec97	Dec98	Dec99	Dec00	Dec01	Dec02	Dec03	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06
EPS (Diluted)		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					0.58	0.60	0.59	0.68	0.69

Benchmark Bankshares Quarterly Data
	Dec02	Mar03	Jun03	Sep03	Dec03	Mar04	Jun04	Sep04	Dec04	Mar05	Jun05	Sep05	Dec05	Mar06	Jun06	Sep06	Dec06	Mar07	Jun07	Sep07
EPS (Diluted)	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															0.18	0.17	0.16	0.19	0.18

Competitive Comparison of Benchmark Bankshares's EPS (Diluted)

For the Banks - Regional subindustry, Benchmark Bankshares'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.

Benchmark Bankshares's PE Ratio Distribution in the Banks Industry

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

* The bar in red indicates where Benchmark Bankshares's PE Ratio falls into.

Benchmark Bankshares EPS (Diluted) Calculation

EPS (Diluted) is a rough measurement of the amount of a company's profit that can be allocated to one share of its stock. Diluted EPS takes into account all of the outstanding dilutive securities that could potentially be exercised (such as stock options and convertible preferred stock) and shows how such an action would impact earnings per share.

Benchmark Bankshares's Diluted EPS for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2006 is calculated as

Benchmark Bankshares's Diluted EPS for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2007 is calculated as

EPS (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Sep. 2007 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $0.69

* 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.

Benchmark Bankshares  (OTCPK:BMBN) EPS (Diluted) Explanation

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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