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.

Here, “price” means current price per share of a stock, and “earnings” means a company's profit per share over a specific period of time (usually a year). In other words, a company's P/E ...

Earnings yields are calculated as earnings per share divided by share price. Earnings yield are best used in comparisons; a higher earnings yield is generally more favorable. Earnings yields can ...