earnings per share

American  

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

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Example Sentences

Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $6.74 from sales of $18.2 billion, according to FactSet.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Amex logged $4.28 in earnings per share, up from $3.64 in the year-prior period and ahead of the $4 that analysts were expecting.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Adjusted earnings per share were 79 cents, compared with estimates of 72 cents a share according to analysts polled by FactSet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Wall Street was looking for earnings per share of $2.32 from sales of $9.3 billion, according to FactSet.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

Adjusted earnings per share, which excludes the nonrecurring items, rose 11% to $2.45 to top the FactSet consensus of $2.32, the seventh straight bottom-line beat.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026