Questions tagged [earnings-per-share]
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API for TTM EPS data [closed]
I would like to get raw trailing 12 month (TTM) EPS values for individual stocks, going back 10+ years. This is for personal use. I will not be publishing the data. Also, I would like to avoid paying ...
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Use of the data from sites like NASDAQ and others
I am designing a site to publish some insights about big companies, their financial reports that I need to scrape from other website like NASDAQ, Bezinga etc. Is this allowed to publish this data in ...
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How to properly find Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from earnings release?
I looked through Amazon's third quarter earnings release and could not figure out how to properly find the Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. Sources such as Zacks reported it as 0.85. How can I ...
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Reported EPS for Lowe's Companies Inc
I know that the EPS estimate today for Lowe's Companies Inc is estimated at 3.1$ per share while the reported EPS is 2.73$ per share in November last year.
We don't know the reported EPS today yet, ...
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How do I profit from having a share in an LLC?
Sorry in advance if I'm asking this question in a wrong place.
For example, if I posses 10% of shares in an LLC in the US that is worth $10 million, what do I profit from? I mean company profits, ...
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Is EPS trustworthy to understand company's performance?
Is EPS still trustworthy if a company can influence EPS via share buy back or share split?
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How does one use EPS as a valuable tool in evaluating an equity?
EPS (Earnings Per Share) is typically listed along with what seems to be much more insightful metrics for equities.
Is EPS useful in it's own right, or does one need to plug it in to an equation to ...
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Calculating Earnings per Share for Berkshire Hathaway
I am looking at page 5 of the following earnings release: Form 10-Q (Q2 2021)
I want to calculate the earnings per B-Share. I do this with the following
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28094e6 / ( 1519576*1500 + ...
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Relation of Sentiment & Growth Vs Profit to share prices
I have come across a few remarks on the price of a company share is not associated with the profit of a company from a friend of mine. According to him the price of shares are based on sentiment and ...
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Why do analyst forecasts seem to be fixated on earnings per share?
I regularly see financial news articles that say "Company X's earnings beat analysts' forecasts by 15%". When companies release their quarterly results, these results are called "...
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EPS of TopBuild Corp. (BLD) was 2.02 in last earnings call, how?
I'm fairly new to the world of finance and I'm learning how to analyze financial statements of publicly traded companies. I came across the latest quarterly report (Q1 2021) of TopBuild Corp. (BLD), ...
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Company EPS differs from 10-Q and 10-K
I'm reviewing the 10-K filing of a company I'm thinking about investing in, and I came across some confusing information in my research. For FY20Q1/2/3 the EPS you can get from Fidelity, Yahoo, etc., ...
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How company total asset increased while net revenue and EPS is negative
How company total asset increased while net revenue and EPS is negative?
I looked at one company, and its yearly total asset is increasing year by year. However, its net revenue and EPS still negative....
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Websites show different EPS numbers
I'm a newbie here. This is my first post. I would appreciate it if someone will help me. I'm a bit confused about EPS values.
For example, Nvidia's Oct 2020 earnings:
TradingView shows:
EPS Est. 2.58 ...
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How is the percentage change 63% when Non-GAAP EPS in Q1 is 0.77 and the same in Q2 is 1.08 and the same in Q2 2019 is 0.66?
I was just reading the earnings call transcript of ebay.
2020 Q1 earnings call says Non-GAAP eps is 0.77.
2020 Q2 earnings call says Non-GAAP eps is 1.08. and it says that it is up by 63 %.
I was ...
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Difference between Stockholders' Equity and Stockholders' Equity-Parent?
What's the difference between "Stockholders' Equity" and "Stockholders' Equity - Parent"? Which should I use in calculating the return on equity?
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Diluted EPS Calculation
I'm new to Capital Markets and Balance Sheet reading. I'm trying to calculate DEPS (Diluted EPS) using data available in https://www.screener.in
Diluted EPS = (Net Income−Preferred Dividends) / Total ...
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Can publicly-traded corporations adjust earnings to meet analyst expectations?
What prevents publicly traded corporations from adjusting their earnings to meet consensus expectations? Or do they adjust earnings once in a while to meet expectations?
To elaborate, imagine a ...
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The rule of thumb that if the growth of a company is 20% per year, then the P/E should be 20, what is this rule based on?
I think it was a rule of thumb that came from T. Rowe Price: if year-after-year growth of earning per share (EPS) is 10%, then its P/E ratio could be 10, as expected by people and seen as reasonable.
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Are IPO lockup shares counted when calculating eps?
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Company XYZ has an IPO on January 1st
They offer 10 million shares
90 million shares are still held by insiders
The lockup lasts until June 1st
They report earnings of $100m for Q1 on ...
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How to count average EPS for interval of years if in this inverval was a split?
For example, I want count average EPS for 10 year for company and this company has stock split (2 to 1) in this 10 years.
Do I need to take this into account calculating average EPS for this 10 ...
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Discrepancy in P/E ratio of stocks in Robinhood app?
The current price of the Amazon stock is $1673. The latest EPS ratio was $6.04 for Q4 2018. So, the P/E ratio should be $1673/$6.04 ~ 279. But the robinhood app says the P/E ratio of Amazon is 83. ...
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How can Newell Brands (NWL) have a positive EPS for the most recent quarter despite reporting negative earnings?
Currently looking at their Yahoo! Finance page. They have earnings of -$7.31 billion for 3Q2018, yet the EPS for Q3 is report as 0.81. Shouldn't the EPS be negative as well?
