- Industry: Financial services
- Number of terms: 73910
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A financial measure defined as revenues less cost of goods sold and selling, general, and administrative expenses. In other words, operating and nonoperating profit before the deduction of interest and income taxes. Depreciation expenses are not included in the costs.
Industry:Financial services
Applies mainly to convertible securities. Bond or preferred stock that may be exchangeable into the common stock of a different public corporation.
Industry:Financial services
A financial measure defined as revenues less cost of goods sold and selling, general, and administrative expenses. In other words, operating and nonoperating profit before the deduction of interest and income taxes. Depreciation and amortization expenses are not included in the costs.
Industry:Financial services
Investment instrument that grants its holder the right to exchange it for the common stock of a firm other than the issuer of the instrument.
Industry:Financial services
A financial measure defined as revenues less cost of goods sold and selling, general, and administrative expenses. In other words, operating and nonoperating profit before the deduction of income taxes.
Industry:Financial services
Federal or state tax placed on the sale or manufacture of a commodity, typically a luxury item e.g., alcohol.
Industry:Financial services
An increase in the earnings per share growth rate from one reporting period to the next.
Industry:Financial services
A firm's offer to buy a given amount of its own stock while excluding targeted stockholders.
Industry:Financial services
A company's profit divided by its number of outstanding shares. If a company earning $2 million in one year had 2 million shares of stock outstanding, its EPS would be $1 per share. In calculating EPS, the company often uses a weighted average of shares outstanding over the reporting term. The one-year (historical or trailing) EPS growth rate is calculated as the percentage change in earnings per share. The prospective EPS growth rate is calculated as the percentage change in this year's earnings and the consensus forecast earnings for next year.
Industry:Financial services
In the context of general equities, having sole possession of the customer order/indication; not in competition with other dealers.
Industry:Financial services
