Sentence examples for earnings spread from inspiring English sources
Genentech said the bonus program would cost it about 22 cents a share in earnings, spread over three years.
In a report for Forbes.com, Hotpads.com produced a price-to-earnings spread for each ZIP code in the nation's 40 largest cities by comparing rental costs with buying costs for similar properties, based on number of bedrooms, location and price per square foot.
Sallie Mae packages loans for securitization and telescopes the net spread into earnings.
One way a firm can boost its return on equity is to buy back some of its own stock; this reduces the size of its capital and means that its earnings get spread over a smaller base.
On a dollar basis, net income rose 20percentto to $2.8 billion; the technology giant has been buying back its own shares so its earnings were spread across fewer shares than a year earlier.
And now the bad news on earnings is spreading across the economy to housing, autos and the retail sector, according to analysts who say that the economy has been pushed into a recession by the attacks.
Well, roughly speaking: freemium gaming companies earn the spread or difference between their lifetime earnings per user and the cost to acquire a new user.
Earnings aren't reduced when the option is exercised, they are often just diluted -- the same earnings must be spread among more shares.
Under the new accounting, ADT will use $93 of the $200 to improve earnings immediately, and spread the rest out over a number of years.
These bonds usually pay a spread of 7 percentage points more than the S&P 500s earnings yield (the price-to-earnings ratio turned upside down).
Share buybacks are usually considered a good thing for existing shareholders because they reduce the number of shares outstanding, thus spreading earnings across a smaller number of shares (which can boost earnings per share).
