What is EPS?
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Answer / chandrasekhar hota
Earnings Per Share (EPS) = Net income (PAT) / No. of
outstanding shares.
PAT=>Profit After Tax
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Answer / ranjeet
Earning per share means return earned per share. it is
calculated as
EPS= Profit after tax/No of outstanding shares
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Answer / balaswamy
eps refers to earnings per share. it means the earnings
available per share. it is arrived by dividing the profit
after tax and preference dividend with number of equity
shares of the company.
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Answer / ronjyoti choudhury
EPS stands for earning per share.
It is the expressed in ratio as NET INCOME (PAT)/No. of
Outstanding shares.
It signifies the earning that would be made on each share.
A higher EPS means greater earning for shareholders.
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Earning per share = net profit after tax and preference
dividend / number of equiy shares
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Answer / anil gopal
EPS is nothing but it shows that the amount of earnigs
attributeble to each equity share
net profit-prefereance dividend / no. of equity shares
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Answer / nikhil k
Earning per share is the annual net profit attributable per
equity share. And EPS is calculated as;
EPS=Net profit after tax and preference dividends/No.of
equity shares.
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Answer / soumya
The portion of a company's profit allocated to each
outstanding share of common stock. EPS serves as an
indicator of a company's profitability.
Calculated as:
In the EPS calculation, it is more accurate to use a
weighted average number of shares outstanding over the
reporting term, because the number of shares outstanding
can change over time. However, data sources sometimes
simplify the calculation by using the number of shares
outstanding at the end of the period.
Diluted EPS expands on basic EPS by including the shares of
convertibles or warrants outstanding in the outstanding
shares number.
Earnings per share is generally considered to be the
single most important variable in determining a share's
price. It is also a major component of the price-to-
earnings valuation ratio.
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Answer / manojs
ranjeet your closer to the answers but you should also
deduct preference dividend also
eps is earning per share.two ways
1. basic eps
2. diluted eps
basic eps
if your securities are not converted into shares then we
use basic eps
calculated as net income-prefrence dividend/weighted
average of shares outstanding
diluted eps
if your securities are converted into shares or common
stock then we use diluted eps
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