Sales Per Share

What is ‘Sales Per Share’

Sales per share is 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:

Explaining ‘Sales Per Share’

Further Reading

  • The timing of asset sales: evidence of earnings management? – onlinelibrary.wiley.com [PDF]
  • Corporate forecasts of earnings per share and stock price behavior: Empirical test – www.jstor.org [PDF]
  • Relating sales growth and financial performance in agricultural firms listed in the Nairobi securities exchange in kenya – erepo.usiu.ac.ke [PDF]
  • The prediction of stock returns using financial statement information – www.sciencedirect.com [PDF]
  • Small-area variations in sales of TNF inhibitors in Sweden between 2000 and 2009 – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
  • Do sales–price and debt–equity explain stock returns better than book–market and firm size? – www.tandfonline.com [PDF]
  • The association between ISO 9000 certification and financial performance – www.sciencedirect.com [PDF]
  • Partial anticipation, the flow of information and the economic impact of corporate debt sales – academic.oup.com [PDF]