earnings
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Many disagree, arguing that aggressive expectations for earnings growth can in part justify the parabolic move higher in semiconductor names and other hot stocks.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Alphabet now is valued at about 25 times projected 2026 earnings per share—higher than the multiple of about 15 that Berkshire normally likes to pay for stocks.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
GE Aerospace trades for about 40 times earnings expected over the coming 12 months.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Wall Street expects earnings of 80 cents a share on $1.11 billion in revenue.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
According to an abolitionist newspaper that had picked up Jennings’s story, Dolley kept his earnings “to the last red cent.”
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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