BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Earnings
- income or profit from a business, quoted gross or net of tax, which may be retained and distributed in part to the stockholders
- a sum of money gained from paid employment, usually quoted before tax, including any extra rewards such as s, allowances, or incentives.
- Also known as Pay
Wiktionary Definition for: Earnings
- Wages, money earned, income.
Additional Resources
- Wells Fargo Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptWells Fargo & Co. WFC Q2 2007 Earnings Call July 17, 2007 8:00 am ET Executives Bob Strickland - SVP & IR Howard Atkins - Sr. EVP & CFO Presentation Bob Strickland Hello, this is Bob Strickland. Thank you for calling into the Wells Fargo Second Quarter...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-17
- Xcel Energy Inc. Q1 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (XEL)
- Earnings Call Excerpt Xcel Energy Inc. XEL Q1 2006 Earnings Conference Call April 27th 2006, 10:00 AM. Executives: Richard Kolkmann, Managing Director of IR Benjamin Fowke, Chief Financial Officer and VP Analysts: Paul Debbas, Value Line Greg Gordon, Citigroup ...
- Earnings calls 2006-04-28
- Xcel Energy Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (XEL)
- Earnings Call Excerpt Xcel Energy XEL Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call February 1st 2006, 10:00 AM. Executives: Benjamin Fowke, Vice President and CFO Analysts: David Parker, Robert W. Baird. Paul Ridzon, Keybanc Capital Mkts/ McDonald Stephen Hsang, Citigroup. Maura...
- Earnings calls 2006-02-03
- Nike: Growing Earnings and Increasing Dividends
- Chuck Carnevale submits:Industry LeaderWe like industry leading companies. You don’t become the top company in a competitive sector by accident or luck. It takes skill, ability, and a commitment to customers to get to the top, and even more so to stay there. Nike NKE clearly dominates the athletic...
- External links 2009-10-20
- American Capital Strategies Ltd. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator [Operator Instructions]. And our first question comes from the line of Sanjay Sakhrani of KBW. Please go ahead. Sanjay Sakhrani – Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Hi. Thanks for taking my question. Just a quick question on the ’08 dividend guidance, how much of the...
- Earnings calls 2007-11-02
- Xcel Energy Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (XEL)
- Earnings Call Excerpt Xcel Energy, XEL Q2 2006 Earnings Conference Call August 1, 2006, 10:00 a.m. EST Executives: Richard Kolkmann, Managing Director of IR Benjamin Fowke, Chief Financial Officer and VP Analysts: Paul Rizdon, McDonald Investments Daniele Seitz, Maxcor Financial...
- Earnings calls 2006-08-01
- Tidewater Inc. F2Q08 (Qtr End 9/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call Excerpt Tidewater Inc. TDW F2Q08 Earnings Call October 26, 2007, 9:00 AM CT Executives Dean E. Taylor - Chairman, President and CEO J. Keith Lousteau - CFO, EVP and Treasurer Joseph M. Bennett - Sr. VP, Principal Accounting Officer and Chief IR Officer Stephen W....
- Earnings calls 2007-10-28
- Dominion Resources Inc Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (D)
- Earnings Call Excerpt Dominion Resources Inc D Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call January 26th 2006, 10:00 AM. Executives: Thomas F. Farrell, President and Chief Executive Officer Thomas N. Chewning Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Duane C. Radtke EVP and EVP,...
- Earnings calls 2006-01-31
- How to Determine the Demonstrated Earnings Power of a Cyclical Company Like Caterpillar
- Brian Gaudet submits: A company’s reported earnings in a given year can give a misleading picture of a its demonstrated earnings power, which I will refer to in this article as sustainable earnings per share. One source of inaccuracy is that reported earnings will often contain components – such...
- External links 2009-05-22
- W.W. Grainger, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptW.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW Q2 FY08 Earnings Call July 15, 2008, 08:00 AM ET Executives Laura D. Brown - VP, IR William D. Chapman - Director, IR Analysts Presentation Laura D. Brown - Vice President, Investor Relations Hello, this is Laura Brown, Vice President of Investor Relations;...
- Earnings calls 2008-08-12
- W.W. Grainger, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptW.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW Q2 FY08 Earnings Call July 15, 2008, 08:00 AM ET Executives Laura D. Brown - VP, IR William D. Chapman - Director, IR Analysts Presentation Laura D. Brown - Vice President, Investor Relations Hello, this is Laura Brown, Vice President of Investor Relations;...
- Earnings calls 2008-07-17
- M&T Bank Corporation Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptM&T Bank Corporation MTB Q1 2008 Earnings Call April 15, 2008 3:00 pm ET Executives Don Macleod – Director of Investor Relations René F. Jones – Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President Analysts Ken Zerbe – Morgan Stanley Steve Alexopoulos – JP Morgan Securities Matt O'Connor...
- Earnings calls 2008-04-16
- WW Grainger, Inc. F1Q08 (qtr end 03/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptWW Grainger, Inc. GWW Q1 FY08 Earnings Call April 14, 2008, 08:00 AM ET Executives Laura Brown - VP, IR Bill Chapman - Director, IR Analysts Presentation Laura Brown - Vice President, Investor Relations Hello. This is Laura Brown, Vice President of Investor Relations; and I am...
- Earnings calls 2008-04-14
- FirstEnergy Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptFirstEnergy Corp. FE Q4 2007 Earnings Call February 25, 2008 1:00 pm ET Executives Kurt Turosky - IR Tony Alexander - President and CEO Rich Marsh - SVP and CFO Harvey Wagner - VP and Controller Jim Pearson - VP and Treasurer Ron Seeholzer - VP of...
- Earnings calls 2008-02-25
- Alltel Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptAlltel Corp. AT Q2 2007 Earnings Call August 01, 2007 8:30 am ET Executives John Ebner - SVP, IR and Treasurer Scott Ford - President and CEO Sharilyn Gasaway - EVP and CFO Presentation Operator Good morning. My name is Consuella, and I will be your conference...
- Earnings calls 2007-08-01
- Exelon Q3 2006 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call Excerpt Exelon EXC Q3 2006 Earnings Call October 27, 2006 11:00 am ET Executives: John Rowe, Chairman and CEO John Young, EVP and CFO Frank Clark, ComEd CEO Matthew F. Hilzinger, SVP, Controller, Chief Accounting Officer Joyce Carson,...
- Earnings calls 2006-10-27
- Rio Tinto Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call Transcript (RTP)
- Earnings Call Excerpt Rio Tinto RTP Q4 2005 Earnings Conference Call February 2nd 2006, 5:00 AM. Executives: Paul Skinner, Chairman Leigh Clifford, Chief Executive Officer Guy Elliott, Chief Financial Officer Analysts: Heath Janson, analyst Jeremy Gray, CSFB Sophia...
- Earnings calls 2006-02-14
- Invacare Corp. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptInvacare Corp. IVC Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript October 23, 2008 8:30 am ET Executives Mal Mixon - Chairman and CEO Rob Gudbranson - SVP and CFO Analysts Eric Gommel - Stifel Nicolaus Joshua Zable - Natixis Bleichroeder Greg Williams - Sidoti & Company Greg Halter -...
- Earnings calls 2008-10-23
- Goldman, Citibank and Others Rely on Earnings Tricks -- But Not Revised Mark-to-Market Rules
- Financial institutions have been using a whole array of tricks to boost earnings for the first quarter and beat analysts' estimates, but the revised accounting rules on mark-to-market, which was supposed to smooth unrealized losses, hasn't been one of them. Maybe for the simple reason that it won't improve earnings...
- Blog posts 2009-04-22
- W.W. Grainger, Inc. Q2 2009 (Qtr End 06/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
- Earnings Call ExcerptW.W. Grainger, Inc. GWW Q2 2009 Earnings Call July 15, 2009 8:30 am ET Executives Laura Brown – VP IR William Chapman – Director IR Presentation Laura Brown Hello, this is Laura Brown, Vice President of Investor Relations along with William Chapman, Director of...
- Earnings calls 2009-07-15
