earnings
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The reason for the recent drop in valuation is also unusual: The E part of the PE ratio, companies’ expected earnings, has soared.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
The sector’s forward PE has dropped from 23.8 times earnings before the war to 15.6 times.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026
Of course, as private citizens, the couple are not required to declare their earnings publicly, nor to account for their every move.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
The SEC is expected to propose soon that public companies be required to report earnings only semiannually rather than quarterly.
From Barron's • Apr. 18, 2026
He had plenty left over after buying five cans of frozen lemonade mix with his earnings from yesterday.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
Vocabulary lists containing earnings
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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