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  2. Retained earnings - Wikipedia

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    The retained earnings (also known as plowback [1]) of a corporation is the accumulated net income of the corporation that is retained by the corporation at a particular point in time, such as at the end of the reporting period. At the end of that period, the net income (or net loss) at that point is transferred from the Profit and Loss Account ...

  3. Net income - Wikipedia

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    In business and accounting, net income (also total comprehensive income, net earnings, net profit, bottom line, sales profit, or credit sales) is an entity's income minus cost of goods sold, expenses, depreciation and amortization, interest, and taxes, and other expenses for an accounting period.

  4. Internal financing - Wikipedia

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    Commonly, most firms rely heavily on internal financing, and retained earnings remains the most prominent form of financing for a firm. [7] Shareholders in a firm are generally happy for retained earnings to be reinvested into the business as long as the projects that the funds are invested in produce a positive NPV.

  5. Retention ratio - Wikipedia

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    Retention ratio indicates the percentage of a company's earnings that are not paid out in dividends to shareholders but credited to retained earnings.It is the opposite of the dividend payout ratio, and is a key indicator of how much profit a company is keeping to fund its operations, growth, and development.

  6. Dividend - Wikipedia

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    When a corporation earns a profit or surplus, it is able to pay a portion of the profit as a dividend to shareholders. Any amount not distributed is taken to be re-invested in the business (called retained earnings). The current year profit as well as the retained earnings of previous years are available for distribution; a corporation is ...

  7. Accounting equation - Wikipedia

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    This statement reflects profits and losses that are themselves determined by the calculations that make up the basic accounting equation. In other words, this equation allows businesses to determine revenue as well as prepare a statement of retained earnings. This then allows them to predict future profit trends and adjust business practices ...

  8. List of largest corporate profits and losses - Wikipedia

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    This list has all global annual earnings of all time, limited to earnings of more than $40 billion in "real" (i.e. CPI adjusted) value. Note that some record earning may be caused by nonrecurring revenue, like Vodafone in 2014 (disposal of its interest in Verizon Wireless) [1] or Fannie Mae in 2013 (benefit for federal income taxes).

  9. Reserve (accounting) - Wikipedia

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    Reserves created from profit, especially retained earnings, i.e. accumulated accounting profits, or in the case of nonprofits, operating surpluses. [3] However, profits may be distributed also to other types of reserves, for example: legal reserve fund from profit - many legislations require creation of the fund as a percentage of profits