peanut, The peanut, also known as the groundnut and the goober and taxonomically classified as Arachis hypogaea, is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, being important to both small and large commercial producers.
Definition of outstanding shares: The number of ordinary shares that, after their issue, have been sold to and are being held by shareholders. Computation of dividend, and the market capitalization of a publicly traded company, are ...
The weighted average number of shares is calculated by taking the number of outstanding shares and multiplying the portion of the reporting period those shares covered, doing this for each portion and, finally, summing the total. The weighted average number of outstanding shares in our example would be 150,000 shares. The earnings per share calculation for the year would then be calculated as earnings divided by the weighted average number of shares ($200,000/150,000), which is equal to $1.33 per share. To read more, see The Basics Of Outstanding Shares And The Float.