| 单词 | earnings per share |
| 释义 | earnings per share earnings per share noun [pl.] (abbr EPS)
(Accounting ) the amount of profit that a company has made during a particular period, divided by the number of ordinary shares (= shares that give their owners the right to a share of the company's profits) that people own: Earnings per share were 15 cents, down from 22 cents a year ago. The company expects annual earnings-per-share growth of 12 per cent. an earnings-per-share estimate/forecast The company expects EPS growth of 15 per cent next year. HELP NOTE This phrase can also be used as a singular noun: an earnings per share of 121 cents. NOTE This is also sometimes called earnings per common share in American English and earnings per ordinary share in British English. |
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