average down — A strategy used by investors to reduce the average cost of shares, in which the investor purchases more shares with a fixed amount of capital as the price of the shares decreases. The investor receives more shares per dollar and decreases the… … Financial and business terms
Earnings Per Share - EPS — The portion of a company s profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. Earnings per share serves as an indicator of a company s profitability. Calculated as: When calculating, it is more accurate to use a weighted average number… … Investment dictionary
Sales Per Share — A ratio that computes the total revenue earned per share over a 12 month period. It is calculated by dividing total revenue earned in a fiscal year by the weighted average of shares outstanding for that fiscal year: Also known as revenue per… … Investment dictionary
Net Current Asset Value Per Share - NCAVPS — A value created by professor Benjamin Graham in the mid twentieth century to determine if a company was trading at a fair market price. NCAVPS is calculated by taking a company s current assets and subtracting the total liabilities, and then… … Investment dictionary
price — The cost at which something is obtained. Something which one ordinarily accepts voluntarily in exchange for something else. The consideration given for the purchase of a thing. Amount which a prospective seller indicates as the sum for which he… … Black's law dictionary
price — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ exorbitant, high, inflated, prohibitive, steep ▪ They charge exorbitant prices for their goods. ▪ The price of fuel is prohibitive … Collocations dictionary
average — / æv(ə)rɪdʒ/ noun 1. a number calculated by adding several figures together and dividing by the number of figures added ● the average for the last three months or the last three months’ average ● sales average or average of sales 2. ♦ on average … Dictionary of banking and finance
average — / æv(ə)rɪdʒ/ noun 1. a number calculated by adding several figures together and dividing by the number of figures added ● the average for the last three months or the last three months’ average ● sales average or average of sales 2. ♦ on average… … Marketing dictionary in english
Price-Weighted Index — A stock index in which each stock influences the index in proportion to its price per share. The value of the index is generated by adding the prices of each of the stocks in the index and dividing them by the total number of stocks. Stocks with… … Investment dictionary
per — [pə, pɜː ǁ pər, pɜːr] preposition 1. for each: • an average beef cattle price of $74.20 per hundred pounds • The price tag is $1500 per square foot of retail space. • Earnings per share rose 12% to 31.3 pence. • The Japanese have in recent years… … Financial and business terms
PER — FINANCE abbreviation for price earnings ratio * * * ► See P/E Ratio. * * * UK per UK US strong /pɜːr/ weak /pər/ preposition ► used when talking about prices, rates, etc … Financial and business terms