EPS Consensus Expectations

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EPS Consensus Expectations

The EPS (Earnings Per Share) Consensus Expectations section displays quarterly and annual expectation information to provide you with data about how a company has done, is doing, and might be doing in the future.

The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. Earnings per share serves as an indicator of a company's profitability. EPS is calculated as the Net Income minus the Dividends on Preferred Stock divided by the Average Outstanding Shares.

For Quarterly and Annual information, the following is listed:

• Estimate Range

The range of expected quarterly or annual earnings of a given company, as estimated by an analyst(s).

• Current Mean

A type of average, calculated by dividing the sum of a set of values by the number of values.

• Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. The more spread apart the data, the greater the deviation. Standard deviation is calculated as the square root of variance and is usually applied to the annual rate of return of an investment to measure the investment's volatility.

For quarterly information, the chart shows current actuals for the 4 most recent historical quarters on the left and the estimated data for the next 4 forward-looking quarters on the right side of the chart.

For annual information, the chart displays the past 4 years of actual data on the left and then estimates this year, the next year, and one year after that on the right side of the chart.

For quarterly and annual information, the table below the chart lists the following:

• Current Mean (as of today’s date)

The simple mathematical average of a set of two or more numbers.

• Standard Deviation

In finance, standard deviation is applied to the annual rate of return of an investment to measure the investment's volatility. Standard deviation is also known as historical volatility and is used by investors as a gauge for the amount of expected volatility.

• Previous Mean

The simple mathematical average of a set of two or more numbers computed previous to the current mean.

• Low Estimate

The low-end prediction of a company's future quarterly or annual earnings.

• High Estimate

The high-end prediction of a company's future or annual earnings.

• Number of Brokers Estimating