The phrase "a diluted share" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in financial contexts, particularly when discussing shares of stock that have been diluted due to the issuance of additional shares.
Example: "After the company issued new shares, the value of a diluted share decreased significantly."
Alternatives: "a reduced share" or "a weakened share".
Chubb, based in Warren, N.J., said operating earnings, excluding one-time items, rose to $184.6 million, or $1.04 a diluted share, from $74.8 million, or 43 cents a diluted share, a year earlier.
Net income was $1.12 billion, or $1.71 a diluted share, compared with $350 million, or 53 cents a diluted share, a year earlier.
At Chevron, profit from operations rose to $1.14 billion, or $1.75 a diluted share, compared with $484 million, or 73 cents a diluted share, a year earlier.
Net income was $4.53 billion, or $1.28 a diluted share, compared with $1.95 billion, or or 56 cents a diluted share a year earlier.
The bank, which is based in Pittsburgh, reported earnings of $285 million, or $1 a diluted share, compared with $247 million, or 84 cents a diluted share, in the period a year earlier.
A few blocks away at Chase headquarters, executives sounded upbeat even though Chase's earnings fell 22percentto to $1.09 billion, or 85 cents a diluted share, from $1.39 billion, or $1.06 a diluted share, a year earlier.
The result compared with $120.7 million, or 88 cents a diluted share, a year earlier.
The company earned $127 million, or $1.26 a diluted share, up from $117 million, or $1.15 a diluted share, in the period a year earlier.
PaineWebber said its fourth-quarter earnings increased 66percentto to $166.3 million, or $1.07 a diluted share, from $100.4 million, or 63 cents a diluted share.
Over all, net income came to $265.5 million, or $1.64 a diluted share, up from $101.7 million, or 59 cents a diluted share.
The company, which is based in Benton Harbor, reported third-quarter profit of $67 million, or 98 cents a diluted share, which compared with $107 million, or $1.40 a diluted share, a year earlier.
