A firm is required to repay principal and interest on debts out of
its earnings from operations.
This emphasis on
earnings from operations as reported and on perceptions of growth by analysts and money managers permitted these people to ignore rather completely other factors that tend to be extremely important in any balanced analysis for which GAAP is useful: e.g., strength of financial positions; understanding the underlying business; and appraising management not only as operators and stock promoters, but also as investors of corporate assets and financiers of businesses.
After all, maximum stock price appreciation will occur insofar as
earnings from operations, and / or cash flow from operations, grow
In FF, the analyst always adjusts GAAP, not only to determine
earnings from operations, but also to determine credit worthiness and asset values.
Two, insofar as wealth is created by having access to capital markets, having more reported
earnings from operations tends to stand a company in better stead when raising equity capital at attractive prices (or at all) on Wall Street rather than having less operating earnings.
Moreover, just one set of accounting figures is deemed to be important:
earnings from operations or its derivatives; EBITDA, cash flow from operations, or earnings per share.
Where control persons have choices, they would rather create wealth by some means other than having ordinary income from operations simply because striving for cash flows or
earnings from operations tends to be highly inefficient tax-wise.
HPFS
earnings from operations as a percentage of net revenue remained flat for the three months ended July 31, 2011 and increased by 0.2 percentage points for the nine months ended July 31, 2011.
Adjusted
earnings from operations were up, however, rising to $ 565 million from $ 439 million a year earlier.
Over the same three year period, the company ¹ s interest bill totaled a staggering $ 646 million, almost twice
its earnings from operations.
Not exact matches
Toronto - based Barrick, which reported better - than - expected adjusted
earnings, said its focus would increasingly be on growth
from its own projects and
operations in Nevada and the Dominican Republic.
«Increased commodity prices, coupled with a focus on operating efficiently and strengthening our portfolio, resulted in higher
earnings and the highest quarterly cash flow
from operations and asset sales since 2014,» Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement.
Businesses can also purchase insurance that will protect them
from any sales or
earnings lost if
operations are interrupted due to an event like a fire, he said.
Comparable
Earnings Measures, including comparable earnings from continuing operations, comparable earnings per share from continuing operations (as well as forecasts), comparable earnings before income tax and comparable effective income t
Earnings Measures, including comparable
earnings from continuing operations, comparable earnings per share from continuing operations (as well as forecasts), comparable earnings before income tax and comparable effective income t
earnings from continuing
operations, comparable
earnings per share from continuing operations (as well as forecasts), comparable earnings before income tax and comparable effective income t
earnings per share
from continuing
operations (as well as forecasts), comparable
earnings before income tax and comparable effective income t
earnings before income tax and comparable effective income tax rate.
Meanwhile, the operator of the Aeroplan loyalty program said it earned $ 21.4 million in net
earnings during the quarter ending March 31 and 25 cents per adjusted share
from continuing
operations.
For the second quarter, Wal - Mart anticipates
earnings from continuing
operations in a range of $ 1.15 to $ 1.25 per share.
It pockets roughly one - quarter of its
earnings from each of its four distinct divisions — domestic banking, international banking, corporate banking and finally its global wealth management
operations — while half its bottom line comes
from outside Canada.
Adjusted EPS represents diluted
earnings per share
from continuing
operations (a GAAP measure), excluding restructuring costs and other significant items.
In an it - could - have - been - worse scenario, shareholder efforts in 2009 reportedly resulted in a drop in Isenberg's severance payout to $ 100 million
from approximately $ 330 million, an amount that would have exceeded the company's 2011 nine - month
earnings from continuing
operations.
Designed
from scratch in an
operation dubbed «Project Zero», the Galaxy S6 and its curved - edges variant are critical for Samsung's plans to reverse plunging smartphone revenues that led to its first annual
earnings fall in three years in 2014.
«We improved our costs and
earnings to emerge as a financially stronger business, with cash
from continuing
operations of $ 1.5 billion and free cash flow of $ 341 million,» president and CEO Gary J. Goldberg said in the company's 2014 annual report.
Eventually, Bigelow would like to take the
earnings from habitat lease arrangements and reinvest them, in partnership with NASA and other companies, in a program for lunar
operations.
When examining financial statements, check to see that
earnings correlate with cash flow
from operations, Graham suggests.
As a result of weaker sales in the wake of the data breach, the third largest U.S. retailer also cut its fourth - quarter adjusted
earnings per share (EPS) forecast for its U.S.
operations to $ 1.20 to $ 1.30,
from $ 1.50 to $ 1.60.
He has an outperform rating on the stock because of «its attractive
earnings and free cash flow growth profile, driven by existing
operations and contributions
from recent acquisitions.»
Read the prospectus carefully and pay special attention to: · The company's operating status — If the company has not begun
operations or derives the bulk of revenues and
earnings from sources other than its primary business, it is an outright gamble.
This ratio is calculated by dividing the current Price by the sum of the Basic
Earnings Per Share
from continuing
operations BEFORE Extraordinary Items and Accounting Changes over the last four quarters.
Buffett made the wise decision to diversify the company's
operations away
from the textile industry, and began using the
earnings from Berkshire to enter new industries.
More allocations to real assets will increase Brookfield's aggregate AUM, which will trickle down into other investment metrics — revenues, funds
from operations, and
earnings will all increase as a result, leading to superior investment returns for their shareholders.
DDR Corp says operating funds
from operations attributable to common shareholders was $ 108.8 million, or $ 0.30 per diluted share for Q2.DDR Corp sees 2017 expected interest income of $ 26 million to $ 29 million.Q2
earnings per share view $ 0.00 — Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.Q2 FFO per share view $ 0.28 — Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.Expected annual growth in same store net operating income range for co's total portfolio is loss of 1.5 % to growth of 0.0 %.
With our same - restaurant sales assumptions, new unit — our new restaurant unit growth plans and cost expectations, we anticipate that reported diluted net
earnings per share growth
from continuing
operations for fiscal 2013 will be between 8 % and 12 % compared to our reported diluted net
earnings per share
from continuing
operations of $ 3.58 in fiscal 2012.
The retailer said fourth - quarter and full - year
earnings from continuing
operations may come in below the low end of its forecasts.
The bottom line number turned out to be even better; for the quarter, General Dynamics» diluted
earnings from continuing
operations came in at $ 2.65 per share, representing a 6.9 % increase
from the year - ago period.
The revival of VIP gambling in the Chinese enclave helped Macau witness a 19 % gain in gaming revenue
from the year before, and because Wynn Resorts (NASDAQ: WYNN) generates 60 % of its revenue
from the region, it was able to overcome weakness in its Las Vegas
operations and turn in fourth - quarter
earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street forecasts.
Q2 GAAP
earnings per share $ 0.48
from continuing
operations.Q2 revenue $ 2.6 billion versus I / B / E / S view $ 2.59 billion.Q2
earnings per share view $ 0.57 — Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.Sees FY 2017
earnings per share $ 2.34 to $ 2.40
from continuing
operations excluding items.Sees Q3
earnings per share $ 0.58 to $ 0.60
from continuing
operations excluding items.Sees FY 2017 GAAP
earnings per share $ 1.85 to $ 1.95.
The long - term trend of
earnings per share for American businesses is up because large corporations retain
earnings that they can use to pay down debt, buy back stock, or grow
operations, and this allows us to have the reasonable certainty that Coca - Cola, Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, and the rest of the usual suspects will be worth more ten years
from now.
Q3 GAAP
earnings per share $ 0.45
from continuing
operations.Q3 revenue $ 2.7 billion versus I / B / E / S view $ 2.66 billion.Q3
earnings per share view $ 0.59 — Thomson Reuters I / B / E / S.Sees Q4
earnings per share $ 0.56 to $ 0.59
from continuing
operations excluding items.Sees FY 2017
earnings per share $ 2.40 to $ 2.43
from continuing
operations excluding items.Sees FY 2017 GAAP
earnings per share $ 1.85 to $ 1.93.
Berkshire's manufacturing, service and retailing (MSR)
operations, 35 % of total
earnings, include everything
from candy to jets.
Q3 adjusted
earnings per share $ 0.64
from continuing
operations excluding items.Baxter International Inc - Remains in limited production across all three manufacturing sites in Puerto Rico.
Regions reports first quarter 2018
earnings from continuing
operations of $ 398 million, up 44 percent over the prior year, and
earnings per share of $ 0.35, up 52 percent
Pre-tax distributable
earnings are defined as GAAP income (loss)
from operations before income taxes excluding items that are primarily non-cash, non-dilutive, and non-economic, such as:
For starters, the variations between
earnings and cash flow not only arise in working capital changes over time (their influence on a firm's cash flow
from operations), but also in the timing of the cost of replacing those assets that generate
earnings (capital expenditures versus depreciation).
LSB Industries reported Q4
earnings from continuing
operations of $ (0.30) per share on sales of...
Treasury, which owns the Beringer winery in California and last year spent $ 754 million buying the US - based wine business of British drinks group Diageo, in 2016 - 17 generated
earnings of $ 136 million
from its Americas
operations.
Woolworths South Africa is one of the nation's fastest - growing food
operations and derives just under one - third of
earnings from this slice of retail.
The Company earned income
from continuing
operations of $ 141.5 million compared to $ 119.8 million in the prior year and reported
earnings per diluted share
from continuing
operations of $ 2.83 compared to $ 2.52 in the prior year, a 12.3 % increase.
Earnings before interest and tax
from continuing
operations (excluding fuel and home improvement) fell 4.9 per cent to $ 2.32 billion as Australian food profits declined 2.4 per cent and losses at Big W offset modest growth in liquor, New Zealand supermarkets and hotels and gaming.
Adjusted income
from continuing
operations was $ 158.6 million compared to $ 120.2 million, a 32.0 % increase, and adjusted
earnings per diluted share
from continuing
operations was $ 3.17 compared to $ 2.53 in the prior year, a 25.3 % increase.
Woolworths» underlying net profit
from continuing
operations slipped 3.6 per cent to $ 1.42 billion in 2017 as a recovery in Australian food
earnings in the June half failed to counter losses of $ 151 million in the struggling discount department store chain.
He said ADF planned to give investors two types of returns —
earnings from dairy
operations and exposure to rising farm prices off a cyclical low.