Thanks for your thoughts fellow members :)
It's one thing I've been wondering for a while and was interested in how others view it.
As Snoopy mentioned above "the current number of share provides a better measuring stick", as look forward to the upcoming year.
So my opinion on the upcoming year will be that HBL achieve the higher end of their guidance ($68m) and would possibly dilute the shares down by another 23m shares (LTI and two DRP's) Total FY18 shares approx 540m
FY18: $68m/540m = EPS 12.6
FY17: $60.8/516.68 = EPS 11.76
est FY18 EPS growth = 7.14%