constituent
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The German DAX slipped 0.15% as the index’s second largest constituent, Siemens, nudged down 0.3% after falling 6.4% Monday.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
These are comparisons of forward price/earnings ratios for the indexes, which are constituent companies’ prices divided by rolling consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates among analysts polled by LSEG, weighted by market capitalization.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 28, 2026
Quoting Alexander Hamilton, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg observed, “’The United States and its constituent States, unlike foreign nations, are ‘kindred systems, parts of ONE WHOLE.’
From Salon • Dec. 30, 2025
One of Brown’s financial innovations, today called DuPont analysis, involves breaking ROE down into its constituent factors to tell why it is high or low.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
Ebola attacks connective tissue with particular ferocity; it multiplies in collagen, the chief constituent protein of the tissue that holds the organs together.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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