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Glossary of Commonly Used Financial Terms
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Equal to net income divided by the number of shares of a company's stock. Companies commonly disclose two EPS measures, basic EPS and diluted EPS. The diluted earnings per share includes the impact of unexercised stock options that the firm has issued and is the more conservative measure of the two.
A statement of the company's earnings or losses for a particular period, typically a quarter (three months) or a year.
An acronym for the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, EDGAR can be found at www.sec.gov/edgarhp.htm. EDGAR contains all the financial documents that publicly-traded companies are required by law to file electronically.
A financial theory that believes stock prices instantly reflect all new information.
The investment by shareholders in a company. It is equal to total assets less total liabilities.
Investment into a company via the purchase of the company's stock.
The date on or after which the purchaser of a particular stock would not be entitled to receive a recently declared dividend.
The price at which an option may be exercised. Also known as the strike price.
A cost or a deduction from a company's income. A company's total sales less total expenses equals net income.
The day an option contract expires.
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