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It’s dizzying to imagine the thousands of ways to invest and generate future value from your cash. In stock trading, of course, you always aim for a higher future value on your investments, and ...

To determine the profitability of banks, simply looking at the earnings per share isn't quite enough. It's also important to know how efficiently a bank is using its assets and equity to generate ...

We look at using earnings per share figures when investing, and also how the price-earnings ratio is employed to calculate the value of a company and its shares. Companies provide investors with ...

There is more than 1 way to skin a cat, or so the saying goes. And there is more than 1 way to figure out how much a company is worth to investors. One yardstick is the price-earnings ratio, aka the P ...

The price-to-earnings ratio, or P/E, is arguably the most popular method for valuing a company's stock. The ratio is so popular because it's simple, it's effective, and, tautologically, because ...

One of the most useful metrics in assessing a company's profitability is earnings per share, and it can be calculated from information found on that company's balance sheet and income statement, two ...

We look at using earnings per share figures when investing, and also how the price-earnings ratio is employed to calculate the value of a company and its shares. Companies provide investors with ...

Written by How to Calculate Earnings Per Share on a Balance Sheet for The Motley Fool -> For example, if a company earned $10 million in 2000 and $20 million in 2010, it may appear that profitability ...