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earnings per share

American  

noun

(used with a singular verb)

  1. the net income of a corporation divided by the total number of shares of its common stock outstanding at a given time. EPS

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The average estimates among analysts polled by FactSet were for sales of $11.23 billion and earnings per share of 29 cents.

From MarketWatch

Adjusted earnings per share, which excludes nonrecurring items, rose to 66 cents from 60 cents, to beat the FactSet consensus of 59 cents.

From MarketWatch

Pusz cut her first-quarter organic sales growth for the sector by 1 percentage point due to the war but maintained most of her earnings per share targets, citing “the more favorable FX impact.”

From Barron's

The company announced earnings per share of 50 cents.

From Barron's

Carnival reported adjusted earnings per share of 20 cents, beating analysts’ expectations of 18 cents, according to FactSet data.

From Barron's

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