The phrase "achieving earnings" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts related to financial performance, business goals, or personal income objectives.
Example: "The company's focus on innovation is key to achieving earnings that exceed last year's figures."
Alternatives: "generating profits" or "realizing income".
In a filing, the S.E.C. said that the executives "overstated earnings and hid losses in order to deceive investors and create the appearance of achieving earnings goals".
AmerisourceBergen, a pharmaceutical services company based in Chesterbrook, Pa., said the agreement included incentive payments based on AutoMed's achieving earnings goals over the next two and a half years.
Finally, multinationals that invert have an easier time achieving "earnings stripping," a tax maneuver in which an American subsidiary is loaded up with debt to offset domestic earnings, lowering the effective tax rate paid on sales in the United States.
Mr. Thompson said Kroger should have no problem achieving earnings-per-share growth in the 16 to 18percentt range going forward.
Of that amount, $52 million was directly tied to achieving earnings-per-share goals.
Gillette has achieved earnings growth of 18percentt for the five years ended in 1996.
By 2015, he had already said, Amec would achieve earnings of 100p a share, more than double the 2008 tally.
But that sort of thing has been happening all year to firms that failed to achieve earnings forecasts.
But excluding the nonrecurring charges, the company achieved earnings of $7 million, or 2 cents a share, which was generally in line with Wall Street analysts' expectations.
If WhatsApp broke even for 2015 2019 and then achieved earnings growth like Facebook's, Facebook shareholders would see an acceptable return on the investment for the first time in 2022.
The finance department typically focuses on controlling budgets to achieve earnings targets and minimize risk, but an early-stage venture may need help in estimating how much money will be required to achieve a milestone or thinking through the financial implications of a shift in strategic direction.
