Difference Between Earnings Yield and Earnings Per Share

Both the terms earnings yield and earnings per share can be assumed to be the same as they both refer to the profit or gain made by the investor.

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Test your knowledge about topics related to business

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A person who risks both time and money to start and manage a business is called ___________.

Overachiever

Supervisor

Entrepreneur

Narcissist

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In case of death or insolvency of a partner the firm is?

Dissolved

Carried on

New owner

None of the above

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Office is a place where ___________.

office work is done

employees are housed

records are kept

control is situated

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Overall and strategic planning is done by the ___________.

Top management

Middle level management

Supervisory level management

All of the above

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Shares traded through stock exchanges are called __________.

primary market

secondary market

money market

share market

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If a general manager asks the sales manager to recruit some salesman on his behalf, it is an instance of ___________.

Division of authority

Decentralisation of authority

Delegation of authority

Delegation of responsibility

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A valid definition of a business purpose is to ______.

Create a customer

Maximize profits

Serve the society

Increase the wealth of the firm

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Small scale firms are ____________ flexible in their functioning.

not

less

none of the above

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What is an Economic Activity?

The activity of making, providing, purchasing, or selling goods or services.

An industry in that part of the economy that creates services rather than tangible objects.

It is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect.

Services that focus on the creation, re-arrangement and interpretation of new and existing ideas.

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In business, stakeholders are defined as:

Only the people that purchase goods or services from a business.

Just the vendors that sells to the business.

All the people who stand to gain or lose by the policies and activities of a business.

Only the employees that are effected by the policies of a business.

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Summary

The difference between earning yield and earning per share is that earning yield is the ratio between earnings received by an investor from each share he invests, divided by the money he will receive if he or she sells the share in the market according to the current available price whereas the numerator required to calculate earnings yield is earning per share.

Earnings Yield is a very basic financial term that is important to understand. It basically helps the investor to understand that how much profit he or she gains with every unit of currency invested in the stock of a company.

Earnings per share is the calculation of the benefit received by the investor by each share he or she has invested in. This value is from the company’s point of view rather than that of the investor.

Parameters of Comparison	Earnings Yield	Earnings Per Share
Requirement	The quantity of earnings per share is required in order to calculate this.	It does not have the requirement of Earning Yield in order to be calculated.
Calculated by	It is mostly calculated by investors.	It is mostly calculated by companies or organizations.
Helps In	It helps to determine if a particular stock is in a state of being sold or bought.	It helps to estimate the benefit of the company with every share owned.
Tax	It generally includes taxes.	It does not include taxes.
Indicates	It helps to indicate whether a stock is undervalued or overvalued.	It helps to determine the profit or benefit of the company.

What is Earnings Yield?

The term Earnings Yield is also used as earning price ratio. It is basically a ratio between the benefit earned per share divided by the latest price of the share in the market.

This quantity helps the investor recognize the amount of earning each unit of currency (e.g. 1 dollar) brings to him. It can be calculated in terms of percentage by multiplying the ratio by a hundred.

Its inverse is represented by PE, which is a ratio calculated by inverting the numerator and denominator of the earnings yield calculation.

The current or latest earning yield of a particular stock may rise or fall depending upon its demand in the market or the decision of the company people.

The increased value of the earning yield indicates the perfect time of buying a particular stock, whereas it is lowering (that is, overvalued stock) indicates the perfect time for its sale.

It is calculated by including the profit and the dividends and excluding the tax to be paid divided by the number of basic or ordinary shares. It also acts as a numerator in order to calculate the earnings yield for the investor.

The higher value of the term indicates more number of investments by the investors as the main criteria for investment is determined by estimating the amount of profit an organization is getting from each of its shares.

The higher the term value, the more are the number of investors as all investors look for profit, and earning per share is an important criterion for the decision relating to the investment.

Both of these terms have different methods of calculation.
Earnings yield indicates investor’s profit, whereas earning per share determines that of the company being invested on.

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