The long-term growth rate of earnings per share on the stockmarket has lagged behind that of American GDP because many of the fastest-growing companies are not quoted.
Moreover, its PEG ratio is 1, based on a 5-year earnings growth rate of 13.4%.
The annual rate of earnings growth rose from 2.9% to 3.3% in the three months to April.
Blackstone has an expected long-term earnings growth rate of 19.6% and pays a dividend that yields 2.5% annually.
The premium is warranted given a higher long-term earnings growth rate of 29.0%, compared with the industry average 12.7%.
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The premium ratios are warranted given its higher long-term earnings growth rate of 17.9%, compared with the peer group average of 11.7%.
Given its expected long-term earnings growth rate of 29.0%, this stock looks like it would fit well into the portfolio of a growth seeking investor.
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The rate of earnings growth has been slowing for several months.
The implied earnings growth rate of more than 15% is great for a company that has been around for more than 30 years and has a mature product.
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This gives the company a price-to-earnings growth rate of 1.06.
With a decent dividend yield and an expected long-term earnings growth rate of 9.2%, American Campus Communities looks like a promising pick for investors seeking both growth and income.
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With a long-term expected earnings growth rate of 14%, reasonable valuation and a strong dividend yield, Evercore Partners is a promising pick for investors seeking both growth and income.
Occidental Petroleum, the fourth largest U.S. oil company, is another top performer, posting an impressive earnings growth rate of 45.8% and ROE of 14.7% and pays a decent dividend that yields 2%.
According to analysis of average earnings growth rate over the past 30 years, in fact, small companies grow slower than their larger counterparts.
The PEG ratio for the stock is 0.71, based on a 3- to 5- year earnings per share growth rate of 15%.
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First-half earnings grew 76% from 2002, and the company trades at less than 20 times earnings with price-to-earnings growth (PEG) rate of 0.84.
Mr King's remarks, however, implied that he at least is in no hurry to make an early move: he highlighted the squeeze on living standards from an inflation rate running well ahead of earnings growth.
But Apollo has two other strikes against it: It relies heavily on stock options to compensate employees, and it enjoyed a reduction in its tax rate in 2001, a source of earnings growth that is unlikely to last forever.
Valuation compared to its projected five-year growth rate is also modest: Limited's PEG ratio (price-to-earnings ratio divided by long-term growth rate of 15%) is 0.96.
The Lynch strategy likes its impressive 27.8% long-term earnings per share growth rate (based on an average of the three- and five-year EPS growth rates).
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He looks for companies trading at a multiple of earnings, not more than two times their growth rate, and exits his positions when the growth slows down.
With a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.10 and a growth rate (based on the average of the three-, four- and five-year historical EPS growth rates) of 24.14%, Hasbro has a price-to-earnings-growth ratio 0.96.
The Office for National Statistics reckons that 1.1% of the current 6.2% growth rate for private-sector earnings is due to bonuses.
Apple trades for 15.2 times expected 2012 earnings and analysts figure on a 5-year EPS growth rate of 22.5%, giving it a PEG ratio of 0.67.
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That rate would equate to a 12.23% annual earnings growth rate, which is supremely impressive considering the size and maturity of the company.
With a current-year price-to-earnings ratio just above 10 and a projected five-year growth rate of 10.8%, Scotts sells at a discount to anticipated growth.
Even in Germany, which is suffering somewhat under the European cloud, but is sort of the break in that cloud, there is a corporate earnings growth rate at close to 10% for the year.
Its growth rate is suspect, but it's trading under 12 times 1999 earnings and buying back gobs of stocks, at least 5% of its capitalization per annum.
Its growth rate is suspect, but it's trading under 12 times 1999 earnings and buying back gobs of stock, at least 5% of its capitalization per annum.
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