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earnings per share
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earnings per share

Net profit of a company divided by the number of ordinary shares outstanding. If a company has after tax profits of £1 million and 100,000 shares outstanding, the EPS will be £10. However, the company directors do not have to distribute this amount to shareholders as a dividend.



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5 million, or 39 cents diluted earnings per share, compared with $5.
Sensient Technologies Corporation reported that diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2009, reached 45 cents, a record level for the company's first quarter.
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the third quarter of fiscal year 2009 increased to 77 cents from 70 cents per share in the same quarter of last year.
 
 
 
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