Managers are motivated by share options and share prices are driven by changes in earnings per share.
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Much of the growth in connectivity was driven by share gains in China as well as an improved product mix.
In some cases the dividends paid on shares, divided by share prices, are even outstripping the yield on bonds issued by the same company.
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Mr Chisholm, in particular, weighed down by share options, reckoned that the longer Sky could keep digital television at bay, the better for Sky's investors.
Debt is rising fast: a survey of the top 16 companies by share value showed that their debt-to-equity ratios have tripled over the past three years.
The path towards that awareness begins, again, with the virtuous circle that America has been enjoying during the past year: the way in which a strong economy has been further stimulated by share-price rises, through both consumption and capital investment, while a strong dollar (partly a result of foreign buying of American equities) has helped to curb inflation.
Relative to Treasuries, the earnings yield (earnings per share divided by the share price) favors stocks.
In the example, the spread is 0.15% (that is the bid subtracted from the ask, divided by the share price and multiplied by 100).
As the next chart shows, the share paid by insurance companies held steady, while the share paid by federal disaster relief increased substantially, from about 25 percent before Katrina to nearly 70 percent after.
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The company noted that EPS was dinged by 3 cents a share by currency factors.
The fact that some markets, including Wall Street's, recovered quickly suggests that the fall was based on short-lived copy-cat behaviour by traders worried by steep share-price drops in Hong Kong, rather than by important new information about the value of American shares.
Supported by high share valuations, many have rejected organic growth in favour of bold acquisitions.
By profit share, on the other hand, according to Canaccord Genuity analyst T.
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Earnings were also supported by a share buyback program that has extended all through 2010.
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Samsung has already overtaken Apple as the world's largest smartphone vendor by market share.
"Reaggregation of market data is called for, and the cost should be distributed by market share, " Niederauer said.
When short sellers get hurt by rising share prices, they like to buy more shares to cover their positions.
Judging by the share price, investors remain unconvinced that Danisco's strategy makes sense.
"Our mission is to 'obsolete' cigarettes, " said Craig Weiss, chief executive of NJOY, the leading US e-cigarette maker by market share.
Conversely Mr. Rothschild's voting rights, already boosted by his share awards, rose to 18% despite Mr. Rothschild having contributed only 5% of the equity.
By forcing share prices up, the monetary authority hopes to inflict losses on the short sellers and thereby persuade them to mend their ways.
And more Wall Street strategists are looking to the less fashionable bond market as a comfortable alternative for those who are scared by giddy share values.
Groupon.com, by market share of US visits, is the 64th most visited site in the U.S., out of more than online, for the week ending May 28th.
Some believe Nook is as good as Kindle (or even better if one values an open e-book format), but not enough if one goes by market share.
Adding up the earnings from the past four quarters and dividing them by the share price gives an indication of how much return an investor is getting for his money.
It has the smallest service sector by employment share of any big rich economy, thanks to archaic rules in retailing and many professions, that block the creation of new industries and jobs.
These clients would gain by offering work to smaller firms in order to boost competition, but any company that does so is likely to be punished by lower share or bond prices.
Hope to keep growth going by taking share.
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