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Earnings per share

In: UK Gaap

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  • Mike Davies

    (Ernst & Young)

  • Ron Paterson

    (Ernst & Young)

  • Allister Wilson

    (Ernst & Young)

Abstract

Earnings per share (EPS) is one of the most widely quoted statistics in financial analysis. It came into great prominence in the US during the late 1950s and early 1960s due to the widespread use of the price earnings ratio (PE) as a yardstick for investment decisions. By the late 1960s, its popularity had switched across the Atlantic and for the purposes of consistency and comparability, it became important that an agreed method of computed EPS was established.

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  • Mike Davies & Ron Paterson & Allister Wilson, 1992. "Earnings per share," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: UK Gaap, edition 0, chapter 0, pages 1123-1160, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-349-12998-0_20
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12998-0_20
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