Tag: equity
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
What is 'Earnings Per Share - EPS' Earnings per share (EPS) is the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding...
Enterprise Value
DefinitionEnterprise value, total enterprise value, or firm value is an economic measure reflecting the market value of a business. It is a sum of...
Earnings Management
What is earnings management and why do companies do it
Many publicly traded companies engage in a practice known as earnings management. This is the...
Earnings Power Value (EPV)
What does 'Earnings Power Value - EPV' mean Earnings power value (EPV) is a technique for valuing stocks by making an assumption...
Daily Trading Limit
What is 'Daily Trading Limit' The maximum gain or loss on a derivative contract, such as options and futures contracts, that is...
Target Firm
What is a 'Target Firm' A target firm is a company which is the subject of a merger or acquisition attempt. A...
Half-Life
What is 'Half-Life' Half-life represents a date in the future when half of the total principal of a mortgage-backed security (MBS) will...
Paired Shares
What is 'Paired Shares' The stock of two separate companies that are under the management or supervision of a single corporation. Paired...
Paid-Up
What is 'Paid-Up' The state of a settlement when all payment obligations for a security have been completed in a customer account....
Qatar Investment Authority (QIA)
What is 'Qatar Investment Authority - QIA' The Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) is a government-owned entity charged with managing the sovereign wealth...