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Diluted earnings per share |
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Diluted earnings per share. In addition to reporting earnings per share, corporations must report diluted earnings per share. This accounts for the possiblity that all outstanding warrants and stock options are exercised, and all convertible bonds and preferred shares are exchanged for common stock. Diluted earnings actually report the smallest potential earnings per common share that a company could have based on its current earnings. In theory, at least, knowing the diluted earnings could influence how much you would be willing to pay for the stock. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Stock subscriptions that are partially paid and do not share in dividends until fully paid are treated like warrants and included in diluted EPS using the treasury stock method, discussed later. Under the FASB's tentative conclusions, fully diluted EPS would be replaced with diluted EPS. 8 million and normalized diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0. |
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