When you buy a piece of fruit, do you just look at the shiny surface, or do you check for bruises underneath? In the world of investing, a company’s reported Net Income—the “bottom line”—is often the ...

Earnings yields are calculated as earnings per share divided by share price. Earnings yield are best used in comparisons; a higher earnings yield is generally more favorable. Earnings yields can be an ...

EPS, which stands for earnings per share, represents a company's annualized net profit divided by the number of common shares of stock it has outstanding. Because it's a measure of profitability on a ...