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Earnings
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- Consensus Estimate The average of analysts' forecasts for a company's earnings or revenue, the benchmark results are judged against.
- Dilution The reduction in existing shareholders' ownership percentage and per-share earnings when a company issues new shares.
- Earnings A company's profit for a period, the bottom line of the income statement; usually used interchangeably with net income.
- Earnings calendar and upcoming events in Stock Master See who reports earnings each day in Stock Master, and track upcoming earnings and ex-dividend dates for your own watchlists and portfolios.
- Earnings Call A conference call where management discusses quarterly results and answers analysts' questions, usually right after the report.
- Earnings calls: how they work and what to listen for How a US earnings call is structured, why Regulation FD makes it public, how to read guidance language, where to find transcripts, and a listening checklist.
- Earnings guidance A company's own forecast of its future revenue, earnings or other metrics, often given with quarterly results.
- Earnings Per Share (EPS) Net income available to common shareholders divided by the weighted average number of shares outstanding.
- Earnings Season The weeks after each quarter ends when most public companies report results, peaking roughly three to six weeks into the quarter.
- Earnings Surprise The difference between a company's reported earnings and the consensus estimate, positive for a beat and negative for a miss.
- Fiscal year The 12-month period a company uses for its accounts, which may not match the calendar year; Apple's ends in late September.
- Form 10-Q The quarterly report US public companies file with the SEC for each of the first three fiscal quarters, with unaudited statements.
- Forward P/E Share price divided by analysts' expected earnings per share for the next 12 months or fiscal year.
- How earnings season works: calendar, estimates and the reaction How the quarterly US earnings season is organized: filing deadlines, pre-announcements, consensus estimates, whisper numbers, the call and the reaction.
- How the economy affects stocks: growth, inflation, jobs and rates How GDP, inflation, jobs and interest rates feed into company earnings and discount rates, why stocks move before the economy does, and where the link breaks.
- How to read an earnings release: a step-by-step guide Read a real earnings release, Apple’s Q4 fiscal 2025: headline numbers, year-over-year math, the statements, the non-GAAP reconciliation and a 10-minute routine.
- Net income Revenue minus all expenses, interest and taxes for a period; the bottom line of the income statement.
- Non-GAAP earnings Profit figures a company reports that exclude some items GAAP requires, such as stock compensation; useful but easy to flatter.
- Stop and stop-limit orders: triggers, gaps and non-fill risk How stop and stop-limit orders trigger, why a gap fills a stop far below its price, when a stop-limit never sells, shown on Meta’s July 2026 earnings gap.
- The US dollar and exchange rates: indexes, drivers and earnings How exchange rates are quoted, what the Fed broad dollar index and ICE DXY measure, what moves currencies, and how a strong dollar changes US company earnings.
- Trading earnings season: implied moves, IV crush and earnings gaps How earnings season works, how to read the market’s implied move from options, why implied volatility collapses after reports, and what real earnings gaps look like.
- What moves stock prices? Earnings, rates, flows, news and sentiment The forces that set a stock price, from earnings and expectations to interest rates, fund flows, news and mood, with real 2025–2026 examples from Finabase data.
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