share earnings
1earnings per share — ( EPS) A company s profit divided by its number of common outstanding shares. If a company earning $2 million in one year had 2 million common shares of stock outstanding, its EPS would be $1 per share. In calculating EPS, the company often uses… …
2earnings — net income for the company during a period. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary Often a general phrase, meaning profits . It does however have a very specific definition in the context of earnings per share. Here, it is defined as profit after tax,… …
3Earnings — Net income for the company during the period. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * earnings earn‧ings [ˈɜːnɪŋz ǁ ˈɜːr ] noun [plural] 1. FINANCE the money that a person receives for the work they do in a particular period of time: • He… …
4Earnings call — Earnings Calls are a teleconference in which a public company discusses the financial results of a reporting period. The name comes from the bottom line numbers in the income statement earnings per share. The U.S. based National Investor… …
5Earnings yield — is the quotient of earnings per share divided by the share price. It is the reciprocal of the P/E ratio the E/P or the EPS.The earnings yield is quoted as a percentage, allowing an easy comparison to going bond rates.ApplicationsThe earnings… …
6earnings per share — (EPS) The net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue. A fully diluted EPS calculation means that the figure is adjusted to take account of shares that will be issued under… …
7earnings capitalization ratio — UK US noun [C] (also earnings capitalization rate) STOCK MARKET ► a measure of the value of a share in the best possible conditions. It is calculated by dividing the expected annual earnings of a share by the present price of a share …
8earnings basis — ˌearnings ˈbasis noun [singular] FINANCE used to discuss a company s performance based on its profits, rather than other measures of performance: • While not cheap on an earnings basis, the stock s $2 a share in operating cash flow makes it a… …
9earnings per share — noun plural BUSINESS a number that expresses how much a company pays its stockholders for every SHARE in the company that they own …
10earnings estimate — UK US noun [C] FINANCE ► a statement of the expected profits of a particular company over a particular period: »Analysts issue earnings estimates, giving earnings per share that the analyst believes a particular company will report in its next… …
