Nasdaq 100

the Nasdaq 100
and P/E calculation(s)

A one-time exercise to investigate the question:
Should one include negative earnings ... or not?

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on or about June 20, 2001:

Rank Symbol Mkt Cap
(Millions) Shares
(Millions) EPS
(Incl. Neg.) EPS
(Omit Neg.) Price
1 MSFT 373,000 5382.4 1.800 1.800 69.30
2 INTC 185,800 6724.6 1.190 1.190 27.63
3 CSCO 122,700 7321.0 -0.030 0.000 16.76
4 ORCL 98,462 5613.6 0.440 0.440 17.54
5 AMGN 69,193 1043.2 1.080 1.080 66.33
6 DELL 61,966 2611.3 0.790 0.790 23.73
7 SUNW 47,126 3256.8 0.520 0.520 14.47
8 WCOM 42,924 2894.4 1.240 1.240 14.83
9 ERICY 42,660 8566.3 0.180 0.180 4.98
10 CMCSK 41,376 988.7 3.030 3.030 41.85
11 AMAT 38,453 813.1 2.400 2.400 47.29
12 QCOM 36,720 757.3 0.090 0.090 48.49
13 VRTS 25,796 397.4 -1.510 0.000 64.91
14 VSTR 23,838 266.9 -11.720 0.000 89.30
15 COST 19,513 450.0 1.310 1.310 43.36
16 SEBL 19,077 453.1 0.490 0.490 42.10
17 EBAY 18,566 270.2 0.240 0.240 68.72
18 GMST 16,568 411.3 -0.940 0.000 40.28
19 MXIM 14,494 328.3 1.190 1.190 44.15
20 PAYX 14,407 373.3 0.640 0.640 38.59
21 LLTC 14,192 317.8 1.300 1.300 44.65
22 DISH 13,736 475.1 -1.270 0.000 28.91
23 XLNX 13,560 332.6 0.100 0.100 40.77
24 JDSU 13,425 1316.2 -3.720 0.000 10.20
25 PSFT 13,185 294.0 0.550 0.550 44.85
26 CEFT 12,467 242.3 0.560 0.560 51.45
27 CIEN 12,238 326.5 0.190 0.190 37.48
28 NXTL 11,866 765.1 -1.330 0.000 15.51
29 BEAS 11,794 394.2 0.120 0.120 29.92
30 VRSN 11,448 200.9 -26.230 0.000 56.99
31 CHKP 10,905 230.3 1.030 1.030 47.36
32 GENZ 10,790 193.8 0.570 0.570 55.69
33 ADBE 10,740 239.1 1.130 1.130 44.91
34 IDPH 10,216 149.2 0.510 0.510 68.45
35 CHIR 10,010 189.9 0.100 0.100 52.72
36 USAI 9,871 372.5 -0.280 0.000 26.50
37 YHOO 9,836 566.9 -0.010 0.000 17.35
38 MEDI 9,745 212.8 0.730 0.730 45.80
39 ALTR 9,688 386.7 1.170 1.170 25.05
40 JNPR 9,652 320.7 0.640 0.640 30.09
41 KLAC 9,636 185.4 2.060 2.060 51.98
42 BGEN 9,561 148.6 1.860 1.860 64.33
43 FLEX 9,517 444.5 0.870 0.870 21.41
44 BBBY 9,294 288.6 0.590 0.590 32.20
45 BRCD 9,056 228.0 0.370 0.370 39.71
46 IMNX 9,005 542.1 0.290 0.290 16.61
47 CMVT 8,965 171.4 1.500 1.500 52.31
48 ERTS 8,481 139.3 -0.090 0.000 60.90
49 BMET 8,444 178.9 1.060 1.060 47.19
50 SBUX 8,276 380.2 0.260 0.260 21.77
51 HGSI 8,068 125.7 -1.600 0.000 64.17
52 BRCM 7,980 260.1 -4.700 0.000 30.68
53 INTU 7,931 209.2 -0.020 0.000 37.92
54 CTAS 7,924 169.0 1.260 1.260 46.88
55 MLNM 7,603 217.7 -0.750 0.000 34.93
56 AAPL 7,598 349.0 0.580 0.580 21.77
57 FISV 7,560 124.3 1.460 1.460 60.80
58 ITWO 7,366 411.0 -6.760 0.000 17.92
59 NVLS 6,993 142.5 2.130 2.130 49.09
60 ADLAC 6,898 172.7 -3.000 0.000 39.95
61 SPLS 6,711 463.8 0.140 0.140 14.47
62 TLAB 6,576 409.2 1.820 1.820 16.07
63 MOLX 6,473 195.4 1.310 1.310 33.13
64 SANM 6,394 319.7 0.980 0.980 20.00
65 TMPW 5,840 106.5 0.520 0.520 54.86
66 CTXS 5,657 184.7 0.430 0.430 30.63
67 ADCT 5,612 789.3 -1.250 0.000 7.11
68 SPOT 5,589 149.8 0.490 0.490 37.32
69 RATL 5,043 190.3 0.350 0.350 26.50
70 ATML 5,001 463.9 0.580 0.580 10.78
71 QLGC 4,850 92.2 0.720 0.720 52.63
72 MERQ 4,638 82.6 0.770 0.770 56.14
73 AMZN 4,608 359.2 -3.780 0.000 12.83
74 CPWR 4,576 367.8 0.320 0.320 12.44
75 PMCS 4,054 164.1 -0.070 0.000 24.71
76 AMCC 4,017 300.5 -1.630 0.000 13.37
77 PCAR 3,961 76.5 4.330 4.330 51.75
78 NTAP 3,936 325.6 0.210 0.210 12.09
79 SSCC 3,585 243.5 0.820 0.820 14.72
80 ABGX 3,467 85.9 -0.150 0.000 40.34
81 RFMD 3,350 163.1 0.200 0.200 20.54
82 MCHP 3,346 131.2 1.040 1.040 25.50
83 PMTC 3,096 264.2 0.030 0.030 11.72
84 VTSS 3,042 183.4 0.220 0.220 16.59
85 PALM 2,586 567.1 0.080 0.080 4.56
86 RNWK 2,021 160.3 -0.750 0.000 12.61
87 CNXT 1,779 247.1 -2.460 0.000 7.20
88 COMS 1,556 338.3 -1.760 0.000 4.60
89 MCLD 1,554 616.7 -1.070 0.000 2.52
90 LVLT 1,546 368.1 -4.690 0.000 4.20
91 NOVL 1,489 317.5 -0.530 0.000 4.69
92 CNET 1,419 136.4 -6.200 0.000 10.40
93 ARBA 1,221 254.4 -12.450 0.000 4.80
94 BVSN 1,160 273.6 -1.050 0.000 4.24
95 MFNX 1,088 607.8 -0.860 0.000 1.79
96 INKT 1,084 128.0 -0.750 0.000 8.47
97 CMGI 1,066 346.1 -14.900 0.000 3.08
98 ATHM 0,862 408.4 -19.030 0.000 2.11
99 EXDS 0,770 554.0 -1.630 0.000 1.39
100 XOXO 0,603 372.2 -5.210 0.000 1.62
SUM of
Mkt Caps = 1,843,385 SUM of
Shares*EPS = -3,547 45,011
P?E Ratios = -520
(Incl. Neg.) 41
(Omit Neg.)

P?E Ratio = {Total Market Cap} / {Total Earnings}

Total Earnings may Include or Omit Negative earnings. (But the Market Caps are included for ALL!)

Note: You got enough negative earnings, you got a negative P?E Ratio !!

Data collected from Yahoo!