earnings per share is the ratio of net income after taxes to the number of common stock shares outstanding.

Fill in the Blank QuestionFill in the blank question.Earnings per share is equal to income divided by the number of outstanding of a firm's common stock.

Fill in the Blank QuestionFill in the blank question.The basic earnings per share ratio helps determine the amount of profit a company earned for each share of outstanding stock.

earnings per share measures profit per share of outstanding common stock, but also takes into consideration stock options, warrants, preferred stock, and convertible debt securities.

The earnings per share (EPS) ratio is calculated by dividing:a.Net income by total assetsb.Net income by shareholders' equityc.Net income by average number of shares outstandingd.Dividends by earnings

Fill in the Blank QuestionFill in the blank question.Price-earnings ratio is equal to the price of a share of stock divided by the corporation's per of stock.