earnings yield noun [C]

(Accounting )

a financial measure that compares the amount of profit that a company has available to pay on each share (the earnings per share) with the current share price:

In the UK the average earnings yield is near 5 per cent, which is very close to the average bond yield.

⇨ PRICE-EARNINGS RATIO

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