Several days later, after reporting its earnings, it would buy the assets back.
Its rich earnings (it is more profitable than Aventis on half the sales) are due in large part to Plavix, its anti-thrombosis drug.
Some of its difficulties were inevitable: dependent on raw materials for much of its export earnings, it was whacked by the collapse in commodity prices.
IBM wont say, for example, what percent of total contract earnings it books on its contracts each year.
Despite the strong earnings it had disclosed late Tuesday, its stock continued to plummet.
Cisco, perhaps, but in its last set of earnings it reported an 18% gain in profitability.
At 17 times earnings it is valued like other utilities, despite its big oily upside.
While this assumption is necessary in practice to estimate lifetime earnings, it is important to be aware of its limits.
tied to his earnings, it was not an auspicious beginning.
Though Google does not report YouTube's earnings, it has hinted that it is hovering near profitability.
You can calculate a price for an asset from the earnings it provides.
