[quote=the deal]Diamond Trust Bank 1Q 2011 Earnings Analysis
Kenya's Diamond Trust Bank said on Monday pretax profit for the three
months ended March rose 64 percent to 879.51 million Kenya shillings.
Its net interest income rose to 1.36 billion shillings from 1.04
billion shillings in the same period in 2010, the bank said in its
unaudited financial statement.The bank, which also operates in
Burundi, Tanzania and Uganda, said total assets rose 23 percent to
88.5 billion shillings, while its basic earnings per share jumped to
3.19 shillings from 2.00 shillings.
Commentary
Strong results from DTB, the local banks have really laid the foundation during the 1Q of 2011, it remains to be seen if their foreign counterparts will be able to reciprocate this kind of performance, EPS now at Ksh 3.19 in 1Q 2011 that gives a forward EPS of 12.76 if they maintain this kind of growth momentum through out the year from that we can derive an annualized PE of 11.28 at today's closing price of Ksh 144, which is a fair price to me.
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Please explain to me how you have derived annualised PE of 11.28. and while at it(or you could always tell me to bounce to investopedia, but really), what is the diff btn basic and diluted eps?
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