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The reported results were $0.35 per share above the consensus earnings estimate of $2.34 per share. A number of analysts had indicated in the days and weeks leading up to its earnings release that they expected the company to beat estimates and the Earnings Whisper (R) number was $2.70 per share.
Earnings per share (EPS) is the monetary value of earnings per outstanding share of common stock for a company during a defined period of time. It is a key measure of corporate profitability, focusing on the interests of the company's owners ( shareholders ), [ 1 ] and is commonly used to price stocks.
In March 1979, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) wrote Constant Dollar Accounting, which advocated using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) to adjust accounts because it is calculated every month. [6] During the Great Depression, some corporations restated their financial statements to reflect inflation.
The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 3% over the prior year in January, an uptick from December's 2.9% annual gain in prices.
However, we'd note that Energy is expected to see earnings drop 48.3% from a year ago, while sectors like Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services — which have been key to this year's ...
Jon Adams, BMO Senior Investment Strategist, talks about the latest CPI report which shows inflation slowing down. New CPI report shows weaker-than-expected inflation numbers [Video] Skip to main ...
A CPI is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically. Sub-indices and sub-sub-indices can be computed for different categories and sub-categories of goods and services, which are combined to produce the overall index with weights reflecting their shares in the total of the consumer expenditures covered by the ...
Economists had expected prices in April to rise 0.4% month-over-month and 5% over last year, according to data from Bloomberg. The 4.9% annual increase, although cooler than March's gain, is still ...