earnings

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When the stock peaked in 1984—at a level it took another nine years to surpass—it traded at only 15 times forward earnings.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

For most individual investors, monitoring fundamentals — like a company’s earnings or valuation metrics, such as its price-to-earnings ratio — is relatively easy.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

Fast-food chain Wingstop, pawnshop operator Ezcorp and other companies that often cater to those customers similarly cited the pain of high pump prices during recent earnings calls.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

The Russell 2000’s forward price-to-earnings multiple — which measures how much investors are paying for expected earnings over the next 12 months — rose to 16.9 on Thursday, from 15.1 last month.

From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026

Studies on mobility over generations are notoriously difficult, because they require researchers to match the earnings records of parents with those of their children.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times