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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.
An earnings surprise, or unexpected earnings, in accounting, is the difference between the reported earnings and the expected earnings of an entity. [1] Measures of a firm's expected earnings, in turn, include analysts' forecasts of the firm's profit [2] [3] and mathematical models of expected earnings based on the earnings of previous accounting periods.
Yahoo! Finance uses 5-year expected growth rate and a P/E based on the EPS estimate for the current fiscal year for calculating PEG (PEG for IBM is 1.26 on Aug 9, 2008 [3]). The NASDAQ web-site uses the forecast growth rate (based on the consensus of professional analysts) and forecast earnings over the next 12 months.
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An important feature of ratio analysis is interpreting ratio values. A meaningful basis for comparison is needed to answer questions such as "Is it too high or too low?" or "Is it good or bad?". Two types of ratio comparisons can be made, cross-sectional and time-series. [7]
Robert Shiller's plot of the S&P composite real price–earnings ratio and interest rates (1871–2012), from Irrational Exuberance, 2d ed. [1] In the preface to this edition, Shiller warns that "the stock market has not come down to historical levels: the price–earnings ratio as I define it in this book is still, at this writing [2005], in the mid-20s, far higher than the historical average
The Good Wife fan favorite Elsbeth solved a murder in the debut of her own show, but can she solve the mystery of whether any of her former Chicago pals will visit the spinoff? Thursday’s series ...
Expanded polystyrene (EPS) concrete (also known as EPScrete, EPS concrete or lightweight concrete) is a form of concrete known for its light weight made from cement and EPS (Expanded Polystyrene). It is a popular material for use in environmentally "green" homes.