earnings
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They warn that it could take a surprisingly long time for S&P 500 earnings to “grow into” today’s lofty valuations if price/earnings multiples return to more normal historical levels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
Wall Street analysts are expecting the company to report $1.96 in adjusted earnings per share, up from $1.70 the year before.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Stripping out one-time items, adjusted earnings were 43 cents a share, in line with analysts’ expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
L’Oréal stock fetches about 28 times expected earnings for 2026, a premium to Nestlé.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
We were living in Delano, and every day after coming home from picking grapes, Papa took out his small, metal box where he kept our savings and placed the day’s earnings inside.
From "The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child" by Francisco Jiménez
Vocabulary lists containing earnings
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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