> I searched the SEC website & found the 1st quarter earnings numbers
> that didn't appear in the MarketWatch article.  It's 29 cents per
> share!!!  WOOOO HOOOO as they'd say in China!  Their Q1 earnings in
> 2008 was 10 cents a share.  Last quarter, it was 19 cents a share.  To
> push out 29 cents a share in this economic environment says a lot
> about this little engine that could.  This company is a bargain at $10
> a share & unless they show up hammered & naked at the conference call,
> you've seen the last of CHNG under $5 & possibly your last chance to
> own it in single digits.  Forget the Nasdaq, straight to blue chip
> status to replace GM in the DOW!  Okay, maybe a little too far, but
> I'm still delighted to be a long term investor in this company.

> I thought I posted a reply to this yesterday, but it doesn't appear to
> have gone through.  In any case, in what I was posting was that the
> current quarter earnings isn't directly comparable.  Look at the # of
> common shares.  In the current quarter ending Mar 31, 2009, there were
> 25 million shares.  In the previous quarter ending Dec 31, 2008, there
> were 32 million shares.  If you want to compare the current EPS of
> $0.29 to the previous quarter, it's actually $0.23 (vs the $0.19 of
> the previous quarter).  If you want to compare the previous quarter
> EPS to the current quarter, it was $0.24 (vs the $0.29 of the current
> quarter).

> Better idea is to look at the total earnings and revenue to get a
> sense of what kind of growth they're experiencing.  It's still good.
> Just not as good as you were thinking.

> On May 11, 5:35 pm, uiainspector...@gmail.com wrote:

> > I searched the SEC website & found the 1st quarter earnings numbers
> > that didn't appear in the MarketWatch article.  It's 29 cents per
> > share!!!  WOOOO HOOOO as they'd say in China!  Their Q1 earnings in
> > 2008 was 10 cents a share.  Last quarter, it was 19 cents a share.  To
> > push out 29 cents a share in this economic environment says a lot
> > about this little engine that could.  This company is a bargain at $10
> > a share & unless they show up hammered & naked at the conference call,
> > you've seen the last of CHNG under $5 & possibly your last chance to
> > own it in single digits.  Forget the Nasdaq, straight to blue chip
> > status to replace GM in the DOW!  Okay, maybe a little too far, but
> > I'm still delighted to be a long term investor in this company.- Hide quoted text -

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