EPS

Investor's profit metric

EPS is earnings per share, a financial metric calculated by dividing a company's profit by its number of outstanding stock shares.

Investors use EPS to evaluate profitability and compare companies: The company reported EPS of $2.15, beating analyst expectations.

EPS also stands for encapsulated PostScript, a graphics file format used in printing and design.

earnings

earnings per share

Profit allocated per stock

shareholder · quarterly · financial · ratio · valuation · investment · equity · net income · diluted · basic

format

vector

Quantity with direction

scalable · print · image · artwork · export · import · publishing · desktop publishing · prepress

Categories
Opposites
profitability metrics

EPSnet loss

Total financial shortfall

operating loss · red ink

financial metric scope

EPStotal revenue

All money received

gross revenue · market capitalization · net income · total assets · book value

metric focus

EPSgross sales

Total income pre-deductions

total sales · revenue · turnover

Family

earns

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Rated G