McDonald's is trading at 18 times trailing earnings, if you exclude the nonrecurring items.

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General Motors also yields more than 4%, and the stock is priced at eight times trailing 12-month earnings (before nonrecurring items).

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Earnings fell 11 percent when excluding nonrecurring items in the prior year.

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Third-quarter earnings were up nicely, thanks mainly to nonrecurring items.

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Even without Mickey Mouse, Comcast is poised to increase operating earnings (net before depreciation, interest, taxes and nonrecurring items) at least 15% a year over the next three years, Maloney estimates.

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Best Buy said the jump was driven by the addition of new stores, expanded investments, the timing of discretionary expenditures and the impact of other nonrecurring items, as well as fluctuations in foreign currency rates.

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