earnings
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Oil-and-gas companies’ collective earnings climbed in the first quarter to their highest levels in years, according to analytics firm Geologic’s Evaluate Energy data.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
When the stock peaked in 1984—at a level it took another nine years to surpass—it traded at only 15 times forward earnings.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
The Russell 2000’s forward price-to-earnings multiple — which measures how much investors are paying for expected earnings over the next 12 months — rose to 16.9 on Thursday, from 15.1 last month.
From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026
Small caps’ outperformance so far this year has been supported primarily by improving earnings, said Oren Shiran, portfolio manager at Lazard.
From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026
Well, sure, when he put it like that, I could see that I was never going to become a preteen real estate mogul if I wasted earnings by renting rather than buying.
From "Lawn Boy Returns" by Gary Paulsen
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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