earnings
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Adjusted earnings per share were 38 cents a share.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
The trend hurt the company’s third-quarter results and is expected to persist through the end of the year, CEO Jennifer Rumsey says in prepared earnings remarks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
As it happens, the stocks in the S&P 400 are, overall, cheaper in relation to earnings than the S&P 500, trading overall at 14 times forecast earnings instead of 18 times.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026
Keeping a trim rating on the stock, Lead tells clients in a note that higher credit impairment charges were the largest driver of the lender’s second-half earnings miss.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
He offered to help out with the bills instead of spending his earnings on himself.
From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater
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Century 21 Accounting, 9e, Chapters 11-14
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