MAY DEPARTMENT STORES &lt;MA> 4TH QTR JAN 31 NET

  Shr 1.38 dlrs vs 1.24 dlrs
      Net 213,000,000 vs 195,000,000
      Revs 3.37 billion vs 3.12 billion
      Avg shrs 153,000,000 vs 156,000,000
      Year
      Shr 2.44 dlrs vs 2.20 dlrs
      Net 381,000,000 vs 347,000,000
      Revs 10.38 billion vs 9.54 billion
      Avg shrs 154,800,000 vs 156,000,000
      NOTE: 1985 period ended Feb 1, 1986
      Share data restated for common stock split of July 21, 1986
      1986 and 1985 earnings reflect a charge of one ct a share
  resulting from use of the LFIO method of inventory valuation
      4th Qtr 1986 earnings include pretax capital gain of 71.2
  mln dlrs, or 30 cts a share from sale of Joseph Horne Co
  Division in Pittsburgh
      NOTE: 4th Qtr 1986 earnings include a 62 mln dlr, or 20 cts
  a share, pretax charge for costs associated with combining May
  D and F and the Denver operating divisions
      4th Qtr 1986 earnings include a pretax charge of 26 mln
  dlrs, or nine cts a share, for costs associated with several
  debt repurchase transactions including retirement of 10 mln
  dlrs of 11-7/8 pct debentures
  

