earnings per share

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the net income of a corporation divided by the total number of shares of its common stock outstanding at a given time. : EPS

Example Sentences

And the projected earnings per share for the third quarter – 39 cents a share – are exactly the same as the second quarter.

From The Daily Beast

Facebook reported revenue Wednesday of $1.262 billion and earnings per share of 12 cents.

From The Daily Beast