Questions tagged [corporate-earnings]
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What determines which analysts get to be on an earnings call?
Example transcript from Starbucks
This earnings call had 10 analysts, representing institutions such as BofA, Morgan Stanley, Barclays, etc.
Question: why these 10 analysts? I'm sure there are more ...
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How to properly find Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from earnings release?
I looked through Amazon's third quarter earnings release and could not figure out how to properly find the Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. Sources such as Zacks reported it as 0.85. How can I ...
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(canada corporate tax) Assets dont add up to liabilities and equity due to rounding errors. How to fix?
My accounting software (waveapps) and all my invoices/receipts/bank statements rounds up to the cent. But all of the underlying T2 schedules and forms from the Canadian Revenue Agency are rounded to ...
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Best way to pay myself from a C-Corp
I am a US citizen, and I own a C Corporation that is used to receive payments for contract work that I do.
I estimate that I will earn about $250k this year in it.
What is the best way to pay myself ...
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Understanding the earnings and shares in the commentary
I'm reading The Intelligent Investor, commentary on chapter 11, and quote:
AOL Time Warner, for example, reported in the front of its annual report that it had 4.5 billion shares of common stock ...
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Single Proprieter software consult/product company - S-Corp options?
Scenario: In the United States. Software Developer who performs consulting for other businesses. Paid an hourly rate of $150 per hour for full time work (1860 hours). Additionally, the software ...
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How can company show a profit before income tax, but then lose money after income tax?
I am looking at a recent earnings release from Apache Oil. The symbol for Apache Oil is APA. Here is a link to the earnings release: Earnings Release
The release (on page 6) shows that the company had ...
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Why would being acquired lead management to not issue guidance or field questions?
Activision Blizzard reported earnings recently. Activision Blizzard misses on earnings, sees user decline in Q4
Activision Blizzard is also being acquired by Microsoft. This is cited as a reason to ...
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How does one use EPS as a valuable tool in evaluating an equity?
EPS (Earnings Per Share) is typically listed along with what seems to be much more insightful metrics for equities.
Is EPS useful in it's own right, or does one need to plug it in to an equation to ...
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Relation of Sentiment & Growth Vs Profit to share prices
I have come across a few remarks on the price of a company share is not associated with the profit of a company from a friend of mine. According to him the price of shares are based on sentiment and ...
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Do corporate executives have a fiduciary duty to maximize the value returned to investors?
I have repeatedly heard that corporate executives have a fiduciary duty to maximize the value returned to investors. I have also repeatedly heard exactly the opposite: that there is no requirement ...
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In the context of corporate profits, what does "back-half" mean?
Today, the following was reported:
Clorox shares are trading lower after the company reported Q2 results. While the company beat estimates, it said it expects back-half sales to be about flat.
What ...
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Why is capitalization because of revenue fall important?
I have a question: Why is extra capital important in case of revenue drop, either quarter or annual revenue?
I'm asking: what are the benefits of getting large amounts of extra capital if revenue drop ...
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Does Earnings Per Share factor in cost of capital/debt?
If a company has ongoing debt (loans, etc.), is the cost of servicing that debt subtracted from revenue when EPS is calculated?
Put another way:
If you had 2 stocks: S1, S2, and everything else was ...
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Is it possible to have positive retained earnings despite having lost money since inception?
I'm looking at the balance sheet for a private company that has lost money every quarter since being founded several years ago. It shows +$228k in retained earnings. Management claims that their ...
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