Thomas Barwick / Getty Images Earnings per share (EPS) is a common way of measuring the share of a company's profits for each individual shareholder. It is calculated by dividing the company's net ...

Earnings per share (EPS) is a commonly used measure of ... at a P/E of 20x that would mean an investor is willing to pay $20 for $1 of current earnings. The share price of a stock may look cheap ...

Earnings per share is the quotient of a company's net income divided by the number of shares of stock it has outstanding. In other words, EPS is a company's profit expressed on a per-share basis.