All together, the government wholly owns about twenty sizable companies, and it holds substantial shares of about 100 others in every sector of the economy. (fortune.com)
A lot of people decided to delete Uber and start using Lyft, but if you're doing that to protest President Trump's actions, you should probably know that Peter Thiel and Carl Icahn — two of Mr. Trump's major supporters and advisers — also own substantial shares in Lyft. (nytimes.com)
The reason for the spread between revenue and EPS is what the company did with its shares: Williams - Sonoma reduced its outstanding share count by more than 20 % over the last decade via substantial share repurchases. (dailytradealert.com)