earnings per share
noun[plural]
FINANCEukus(abbreviationEPS)a company'sprofitsover aparticularperioddividedby thenumberofitsshares:
Thebankhadearningspershareof $1.09comparedwith $0.90 in theyearbefore.
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Income from continuing operations increased 3 percent to $13.3 billion (equivalent to $ in), andearningspersharerose 6 percent to $3.35.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Part of their rewards may be tied to their ability to meetearningspersharetargets.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Earningspersharecame in at $0.70 which was higher than 2012's earnings of $0.60 per share.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This additional cash allows the company to report increasedearningspershareeven if their performance is deteriorating.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The name comes from the bottom line numbers in the income statement -earningspershare.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This policy appears to be yielding results as revenue, profit andearningspersharehave increased year-on-year since 2009.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The investor's decision rests equally on experts' profit forecasts and the company'searningspershare.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The five criteria which companies are ranked on areearningspershare, credit rating, stock price, return on equity, and image rating.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many companies are tracked by financial analysts that publish estimates ofearningspershare.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The sample is selected based on the applicable selection criteria (market capitalization, liquidity, andearningspershare).
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