Earnings per Share Calculator
Earnings per Share Calculator is used to calculate the earnings per share (abbreviated as EPS)
All processing happens on the client-side, locally in your browser. No data is uploaded.
History
- 2018-05-18Tool Launched
Background
- What does Earnings per share or EPS mean?
- Earnings per share (EPS) are the portion of a company's profit allotted to each outstanding share of the common stock.
- Importance of Earnings per share or EPS
- EPS is an important financial measure, the one which serves as an indicator of a company's profitability. It can be easily calculated by dividing the company's net income by its total number of outstanding shares.
- Formula
- Earnings Per Share = Net Earnings / Outstanding Shares
- Example
- Suppose the company's net earnings for the previous year was $10,000 and the number of shares outstanding is 1000, which equals an EPS of 10, then according to the formula ($10,000 / 1000 = 10).