U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says the NATO military alliance is central to ties between America and Europe and remains of importance to the United States.
Earnings per share or basic earnings per share is calculated by subtracting preferred dividends from net income and dividing by the weighted average common shares outstanding.The earnings per share formula looks like this.arnings per share or basic earnings per share is calculated by subtracting preferred dividends from net income and dividing by the weighted average common shares outstanding.
Therefore we calculate the earnings per share of the stocks. But EPS still is not much helpful if compared directly. It is used to calculate the price/earnings ratio of a stock which is directly compared with the price/earnings ratio of other stocks.