$1.$ On March $3,2024,$ the LSEG stock reports plus shows that $40$ sell$-$side analysts' forecasts for Apple's annual EPS forecast in $2024$ range between $$6\mathrm{.}300$ to $$6\mathrm{.}920,$ with a mean EPS forecast of $$6\mathrm{.}563.$ How close is your annual EPS forecast to these forecasts? What do you think are the sources of any major differences?

Just need an expainanation for this statement and why this is$?$

$$My annual EPS forecast of $$6\mathrm{.}40$ is within the $40$ sell$-$side analysts$$