yardstick

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Distributed to paid-in capital, or DPI, measures actual cash returned to fund investors and has become a yardstick for comparing the performance of asset managers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

Vitinha has already been mentioned several times in this column because he happens to be the yardstick for the best midfielders on the continent.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

One common yardstick is the PEG ratio, which divides a company’s price/earnings multiple by its expected earnings growth rate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

It now expects an operating loss of one billion euros and a fall in its preferred "net bookings" revenue yardstick to around 1.5 billion euros.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

We bickered for days—rough days and smooth, under Camilla’s bed, and at our end of the yardstick.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck