My preference is to look at the growth of the company's
average earnings per share over the last decade.
Tweedy Browne set out DeBondt and Thaler's findings in Table 3 below, which describes
the average earnings per share for companies in the lowest and highest quintile of price - to - book value in the three years prior to selection and the four years subsequent to selection:
P / E Ratio — Est: Share price divided by
the average earnings per share from continuing operations expected by analysts for the current fiscal year.
But
the average earnings per share of the previous 5 years (1933 - 1937) were about $ 6 per share.
Some of these factors include above -
average earnings per - share growth rates, above - average return on equity, excess - free cash flow, low debt - to - equity ratios, and shareholder - friendly management.
Some of these factors include above
average earnings per - share growth rates, above average return on equity, excess free cash flow, low debt - to - equity ratios, and shareholder friendly management.
More recently, wage growth has shown signs of stabilisation, with growth in the private sector wage price index unchanged for the past six quarters, while a broader measure of wage pressures, the growth in
average earnings per hour, has picked up of late.
One important metric used is the price - to - earnings ratio, or, the current price of the stock divided by
the average earnings per share (yearly revenue divided by the number of outstanding shares).
Not exact matches
The
average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of 11 cents
per share.
The
average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of $ 1.17
per share.
The
average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of 1 cent
per share.
The
average estimate of seven analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of 45 cents
per share.
Excluding items, Restaurant Brands posted
earnings of 66 cents
per share, beating analysts»
average estimate of 56 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.
The
average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for
earnings of 15 cents
per share.
The
average estimate of three analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of 20 cents
per share.
The
average estimate of eight analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of 66 cents
per share.
The
average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of $ 1.26
per share.
Tony Roberts, a fund manager with Invesco Perpetual, says
average earnings -
per - share growth in the country will be about 60 %, versus a global
average of 10 %.
Analysts, on
average, expected
earnings of $ 1.15
per share, according to a FactSet survey.
Analysts on
average were expecting
earnings of 65 cents
per share, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. Revenue was $ 41.7 billion, compared with $ 41.8 billion in the year - earlier period.
The
average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of $ 1.14
per share.
The
average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for
earnings of 77 cents
per share.
Analysts on
average had expected
earnings of $ 1.02
per share on revenue of $ 16.59 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.
Analysts polled by FactSet had on
average expected
earnings of 66 cents
per share for the latest quarter.
The
average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of $ 1.03
per share.
Excluding items,
earnings were 89 cents
per share, beating the
average analyst estimate of 82 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.
Analysts on
average had estimated
earnings of $ 2.02
per share and revenue of $ 41.55 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.
Emerson said adjusted net
earnings per share for fiscal year ending September, 2018 were expected to be $ 2.85 at the mid point, compared with an
average...
Compared to the recent record high peak set in April 2014 ($ 2,295
per week),
average earnings are down nearly 10
per cent.
The company also said it expects 2018 adjusted
earnings of $ 5.40 to $ 5.70
per share, better than analysts»
average estimate of $ 5.47, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S. Revenue rose 5.3 % to $ 30.15 billion, above Wall Street forecasts.
The Corning, New York - based company reported core
earnings of 43 cents
per share, beating the
average analyst estimate of 41 cents, according to Thomson Reuters.
The
average estimate of 11 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for
earnings of 53 cents
per share.
Skeptics see a company whose
earnings -
per - share growth, which has
averaged 30 % annually over the past five years, is bound to slow down, which makes it tough to justify paying 23 times estimated 2017
earnings for the stock.
GAAP
earnings per share (EPS) increased 16 percent to $ 3.25 driven by higher product sales, a lower tax rate and lower weighted -
average shares outstanding.
The
average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of $ 3.42
per share.
On a
per share basis, Valeant's
earnings were 78 cents
per share, below the
average estimate of 82 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I / B / / E / S.
Still, the
average hourly
earnings in forestry and logging was lower than
average, at $ 25.31
per hour.
For Dick's Sporting Goods, analysts on
average are expecting
earnings per share of 26 cents.
The company says adjusted net
earnings came in at $ 253 million, or 22 cents
per share, higher than
average analyst expectations of $ 221.8 million or 21 cents
per share.
In the Sept. 5 issue of Fortune, we imagined a new kind of fantasy league: one focused on business leaders, where the stats are ruled more by market cap and
earnings per share than on - base percentage and earned run
averages.
Developed by Yale economist Robert Shiller, it uses not current
earnings -
per - share as the denominator, but a ten - year
average of inflation - adjusted EPS.
If you look at DuPont's continuing businesses — not the ones it has gotten out of, or the ones it is spinning off — its operating
earnings per share have grown by 19 % a year on
average since Kullman took over, according to the company.
However, the No. 2 U.S. cruise operator's 2018 first quarter
earnings per share forecast of 95 cents fell short of the
average analyst estimate of $ 1.02.
As can be seen in Figure 1, on
earnings up to one - half
average wages and salaries, the benefits from Canada's publicly administered programs meet the commonly used replacement rate target of 70
per cent of pre-retirement
earnings.
The
average estimate of nine analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for
earnings of 49 cents
per share.
Analysts, on
average, were only expecting adjusted
earnings of $ 0.02
per share on sales of $ 63.8 million.
Benjamin Graham was fond of
averaging profit
per share for the past seven years to balance out highs and lows in the economy because, if you attempted to measure the p / e ratio without it, you'd get a situation where profits collapse a lot faster than stock prices making the price - to -
earnings ratio look obscenely high when, in fact, it was low.
Retirement benefits would be 25
per cent of the
average pensionable
earnings a worker earned in his or her lifetime.
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average 7 %
per year after inflation, or whether that was a unique period of US expansion which won't be repeated again.
«We expect
average hourly
earnings to rise 0.2
per cent month over month, as reference week effects suggest a high bar for a 0.3
per cnet or higher print.