There is no ideal EPS for companies as it depends on the nature of business as well as the industry in which company working.
earning per share
what is the difference between basic earning per and adjusted earning per share?
Price earning ratio = market value per share / Earning per share Earning per share = Net income available to share holders / number of shares outstanding
Diluted earning per share is only calculated when company has issued some conditional warrants or rights to purchase share to it's employees or other persons.
As per finace term EPS stand for Earning Per Share. It's calculated to know the profite/revenue come on each SHARE to the Share holder/company..
You take the amount of shares that a company has (outstanding) and divide it by the amount of income the company made - be it a quarter or over a year.
Earning per share is that per share amount of earning which is only relevant to common share holders of business and calculated as follows: EPS = Net income available to common shareholders / Outstanding shares
Earning and dividend are two different things that's why they are also different from each other Example: Total Earning in 20xx = 1000 Dividend = 200 Number of shares = 100 Earning per share = 1000/100 = 10 Dividend per share = 200/100 = 2
p/e
Earning per share(EPS) is counted by dividing the total earning with total number of shares of the particular company. EPS increases when total earning of the company increases in any financial year. Opposite to that is decrease in EPS. On the other ways, if total number of shares of the company increases then the earning gets divided among many shares and consequently there is seen reduction in EPS. How the total no. share may increase ? It may be so in some of the following ways; 1. Follow up public offer(FPO) 2.Bonous share allotment i.e. in the ways through which the total no. of shares increases on condition that if earning remain same. by http://investmentrick.blogspot.com
difficult to obtain the exalt number of equity share outstanding
Net income minus Preferred Dividends / Weighted-Average of Common Share Outstanding = Earning per share