dilutive

American  

[di-loot-iv, dahy-] / dɪˈlut ɪv, daɪ- /

adjective

1. having the power or tendency to dilute something.

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Other Word Forms

• anti-dilutive adjective
• non-dilutive adjective

Example Sentences

Low-price stocks listed on exchanges have become today’s penny stocks—said Kenneth Bentsen Jr., the CEO of Wall Street’s trade association Sifma, in a September letter External link to SEC Chair Atkins and the leaders of Nasdaq and the NYSE—with the same risks of high volatility, low liquidity, information gaps, overvaluation, dilutive financings, and potential for fraud.

From Barron's

The deal is projected to be immediately accretive to top-line growth and adjusted operating profit margin, but slightly dilutive to adjusted earnings per share in the short term.

From Barron's

The deal, which is expected to close in the first half, is expected to be slightly dilutive to adjusted per-share earnings in the short term, GE Healthcare said.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, AI remains “dilutive to returns” at AWS, as Amazon’s capital expenditures have led to a lower return on investment than anticipated.

From MarketWatch

But while AI servers are accretive to gross profits on a dollar basis, they’re dilutive to margins, so that’s another source of potential pressure even though the company should be somewhat able to mitigate rising memory costs.

From MarketWatch