BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Earnings Yield
- money earned by a company during a year, expressed as a percentage of the price of one of its shares
Additional Resources
- Pacer International Shows Why Earnings Yield is Better Than P/E
- Steve Alexander submits: Joel Greenblatt's Magic Formula, as described in dThe Little Book that Beats the Market relies on ranking stocks based on two simple concepts. The first one measures the quality of the business: Return on capital, a concept I've covered in a previous article. The second statistic measures...
- External links 2009-05-12
- Price-Earnings Ratios, Dividend Yields and Real Estate Stock Prices
- Both dividend yields and past returns have predictive power for P/E ratios; hence they can be used as tools in forming a market timing and asset allocation strategy in stock markets. This study examines the extent to which changes in real estate returns, reflected in changes of property value and...
- White papers 2002-09-18
- Higher Yield, Safe Returns: Best Investment Bets
- Money-market funds are now paying next to nothing. Boost your returns by moving some cash into higher-yielding but still relatively safe dividend stocks or bond funds. Here are five stocks and five funds that we like. ...
- Articles 2009-08-13
- 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
- Apple's Current Valuation Is Still Reasonable
- Turley Muller submits: Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) $162.83- Despite Apple shares rising more than 100% from its 2009 low of $78, the stock still appears to be attractively valued especially as a long-term holding. Using cash-flow and non-GAAP earnings, AAPL trades at less than 15x on a trailing 12-month basis. Since...
- External links 2009-08-12
- DuPont Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Your first question is from Bob Koort with Goldman Sachs. Robert Koort - Goldman Sachs Thanks. Good morning. Jeff, I was wondering if you can talk a little bit about your return on capital expectations for the new Chinese Ti02...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-24
- Assessing Yield
- Yield is a broad term used in finance to mean cash returns on investments. In relation to shares, yield is the annual amount of dividend payments, if applicable, divided by the current share price. Figures published in the financial press are expressed as a percentage, and usually relate to the...
- Articles 2007-07-30
- Aetna, Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOur first question comes from Carl McDonald from Oppenheimer & Co. Carl McDonald - CIBC World Markets Corp. Could you walk us from the same-store pricing yield of 7.5% in the commercial risk business down to the reported commercial yield increase which I think was about 2.8% in...
- Earnings calls 2008-04-25
- DuPont Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question is from David Begleiter of Deutsche Bank. Please go ahead. David Begleiter - Deutsche Bank Thanks Good morning. Chad and Erik, North American corn seed share why wouldn't it be up next year as opposed to just being flat year-over-year? Erik Fyrwald...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-24
- The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation Q3 FY07 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from Glenn Schorr with UBS. Please go ahead. Glenn Schorr - UBS Hey guys. Robert P. Kelly - Chief Executive Officer Good morning Glenn. Glenn Schorr - UBS so I guess it's...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-18
- Thornburg Mortgage Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question is with Richard V. Shane with Jefferies and Company. Please go ahead sir. Richard V. Shane - Jefferies & Co. Larry, thanks for taking my question. I’m going to ask you to try to...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-18
- The Fed Model
- The so-called "Fed Model" for valuing the stock market is nonsense. The most popular version compares the S&P 500 operating earnings yield with the current yield on 10-year Treasuries. For instance, using a $53 earnings estimate for 2003 with the S&P at The so-called "Fed Model" for valuing the...
- Research articles 2003-04-01
- MoneyGram International, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. And your first question comes from the line of Kartik Mehta. Please proceed. Kartik Mehta - FTN Midwest Research Good afternoon. Philip W. Milne - Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Good afternoon, Kartik. Kartik...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-17
- BlackRock, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from Craig Siegenthaler with Credit Suisse. Craig Siegenthaler - Credit Suisse Thanks. The performance fee number, you mentioned international equity hedge funds, can you give us some more detail what's in this number in terms of...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-17
- Paychex F4Q08 (Qtr End 5/31/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Rod Bourgeois. You may ask your question. Rod Bourgeois - Sanford Bernstein I guess John Morphy, you gave some information on why your HRS revenue growth will accelerate in fiscal ’09 relative to where it was in Q4....
- Earnings calls 2008-06-27
- Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc. Reports Earnings
- NEW YORK -- The headline should read: Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc. Reports Earnings (sted: Managed High Yield Fund Inc. Reports Earnings).
- Research articles 2006-10-16
- Conseco Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your next question comes from the line of Nigel Dally. Nigel Dally - Morgan Stanley John, just in terms of the strategic review, you have been looking at it for some time. Can you provide us any color on what appears to be the most...
- Earnings calls 2008-05-08
- Ares Capital Corporation Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from Greg Mason at Stifel Nicolaus. Greg Mason - Stifel Nicolaus Good morning, gentlemen. First, a modeling question. The interest expense line looked significantly higher than the yield that you reported of roughly 6%. Were there any additional onetime fees for...
- Earnings calls 2008-03-10
- Entergy Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you very much. Operator Instructions. We will take our first question from Dan Eggers with Credit Suisse. Dan Eggers - Credit Suisse Hi, good morning. On the dividend increase, guys congratulations on moving that up, but where you are now still a little...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-31
- Carnival F4Q07 (Qtr End 11/30/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. A moment please for the first question and it comes from the line of Ms. Felicia Hendrix, Lehman Brothers. Please go ahead, ma'am. Felicia Hendrix - Lehman Brothers Hi. Good morning, guys. I have a few questions on these fuel surcharges. The first...
- Earnings calls 2007-12-20
