Profit per share (EPS)
A company’s profit for a year divided by its number of shares: one share’s slice of what the company earned.
If a company earns $10 billion and has 1 billion shares, each share’s profit is $10. Investors call this earnings per share, or EPS. Gouda shows it as “Profit” on every company page, using the last 12 months.
Examples from real companies
- Apple (AAPL): Over the last 12 months, each share of Apple earned $8.72 of profit on $31.59 of sales, keeping about 28¢ of every $1 (profit margin).
- Microsoft (MSFT): Over its latest fiscal year, each share of Microsoft earned $17.95 of profit on $44.52 of sales, keeping about 40¢ of every $1 (profit margin).
- Coca Cola (KO): Over the last 12 months, each share of Coca Cola earned $3.18 of profit on $11.43 of sales, keeping about 28¢ of every $1 (profit margin).
More investing words
P/E ratioBook value per shareFree cash flowCapital spending (capex)DividendDividend yieldPayout ratioShare buybackDilutionRevenue (sales)Profit marginDebtMarket capitalization10-K and 10-Q reportsStock split
For education only, not investment advice.