Diluted EPS

(noun)

Diluted Earnings Per Share (diluted EPS) is a company's earnings per share (EPS) calculated using fully diluted shares outstanding (i.e. including the impact of stock option grants and convertible bonds).

Related Terms

  • Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
  • Preferred dividends

Examples of Diluted EPS in the following topics:

  • Earnings per Share

    • Diluted Earnings Per Share (diluted EPS) is a company's earnings per share (EPS) calculated using fully diluted outstanding shares (i.e. including the impact of stock option grants and convertible bonds).
    • To find diluted EPS, basic EPS is first calculated for each of the categories on the income statement.
    • Then each of the dilutive securities are ranked based on their effects, from most dilutive to least dilutive and antidilutive.
    • Then the basic EPS number is diluted one by one by applying each, skipping any instruments that have an antidilutive effect.
    • Calculations of diluted EPS vary.
  • Calculating Diluted Earnings per Share

    • Diluted earnings per share (EPS) takes the basic EPS formula and accounts for the effect of dilutive shares on earnings.
    • Diluted EPS = USD 922,590,000 / 3,417,000,000 + 1,000,000,000 = USD .20 per share.
    • Diluted Earnings Per Share (diluted EPS) is a company's earnings per share (EPS) calculated using fully diluted common shares outstanding (i.e. which includes the impact of instruments such as stock option grants and convertible bonds).
    • Diluted EPS indicates a "worst case" scenario, one in which everyone who could have received stock did so without purchasing shares directly for the full market value.
    • Basic EPS, based on net income, is followed by diluted earnings per share and and both figures are reported on the income statement.
  • Ratio Analysis and EPS

    • Ratio analysis and EPS are used to compare the strengths and weaknesses of various companies with industry or company benchmarks.
    • Earnings per share (EPS) is the amount of earnings per each outstanding share of a company's stock.
    • In the United States, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) requires companies' income statements to report EPS for each of the major categories of the income statement: continuing operations, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and net income.
    • The EPS formula does not include preferred dividends for categories outside of continued operations and net income.
    • Earnings per share for continuing operations and net income are more complicated in that any preferred dividends are removed from net income before calculating EPS.
  • Preparation of the Income Statement

    • Because of its importance, earnings per share (EPS) are required to be disclosed on the face of the income statement.
    • There are two forms of EPS reported:
    • Diluted: In this case, "weighted average of shares outstanding" is calculated as if all stock options, warrants, convertible bonds, and other securities that could be transformed into shares are transformed.
    • This increases the number of shares and so EPS decreases.
    • Diluted EPS is considered to be a more reliable way to measure EPS.
  • Understanding Future Stock Value

    • P/E Ratio: For example, if the stock is trading at 10 and the EPS is 0.50, the P/E is 20 times.
    • EPS is the total net income of the company divided by the number of shares outstanding.
    • Numbers are usually reported as a GAAP EPS number (which means it is computed using mutually agreed upon accounting rules) and a Pro Forma EPS figure (income is adjusted to exclude any one time items as well as some non-cash items like amortization of goodwill or stock option expenses).
    • To compute this figure, the stock price is divided by the annual EPS figure.
    • To measure it, multiply the current stock price by the fully diluted shares outstanding.
  • Special Reporting

    • Irregular items require special reporting procedures, and include discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and the reporting of the resultant EPS.
    • There are two forms of earnings per share that are reported: basic and diluted.
    • In diluted, the weighted average of shares outstanding is calculated as if all stock options, warrants, convertible bonds and other securities that could be transformed into shares are transformed.
    • Diluted earnings per share are considered a more reliable way to measure earnings per share.
  • Dilutions of Solutions

    • What is the final concentration of the diluted solution?
    • Serial dilutions involve diluting a stock or standard solution multiple times in a row.
    • Typically, the dilution factor remains constant for each dilution, resulting in an exponential decrease in concentration.
    • This video shows how to solve two dilution problems, using the standard dilution formula, M1V1 = M2V2.
    • Dilutions can sometimes be visually observed.
  • Drawbacks of Repurchasing Shares

    • All financial ratios that include the number of shares outstanding (notably earnings per share, or EPS) will be affected by share repurchases.
    • Since compensation may be tied to reaching a high enough EPS number, there is an incentive for executives and management to try to boost EPS by repurchasing shares.
    • Inaccurate EPS numbers are not good for investors because they imply a degree of financial health that may not exist.
  • Performance per Share

    • Valuation ratios describe the value of shares to shareholders, and include the EPS ratio, the P/E ratio, and the dividend yield ratio.
    • Earnings Per Share (EPS) is the amount of earnings per each outstanding share of a company's stock.
    • Companies are required to report EPS for each of the major categories of the income statement, including: continuing operations, discontinued operations, extraordinary items, and net income.
    • EPS = Net Income / Average Common Shares.
  • Aseptic Technique, Dilution, Streaking, and Spread Plates

    • A serial dilution is the step-wise dilution of a substance in solution.
    • Serial dilutions are used to accurately create highly-diluted solutions as well.
    • The dilution of microbes is very important to get to microbes diluted enough to count on a spread plate (described later).
    • Microbes are in a solution, and can be diluted.
    • Example of Serial dilution of bacteria in five steps.
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