RE:Analyst Lifts Earnings Estimates for USA FY2018Here is my table again with EPS numbers. It looks like that $.48 EPS estimate is assuming zinc will stay around $1.50 for the year. For 2019, the $.14 estimate implies that they expect zinc to drop to around $1.15.
Zinc Price, Earnings, P/E, EPS
$1.00, $1M, 190, $.02
$1.10, $5M, 38, $.10
$1.20, $10M, 19, $.20
$1.30, $14M, 14, $.28
$1.40, $19M, 10, $.38
$1.50, $23M, 8.3, $.46
$1.60, $28M, 6.8, $.56