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SHOW PROFITS [4 records]

Record 1 2011-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

The relationship that exists at any one time between the market price of a share and its current profit after the deduction of tax.

OBS

The purpose is to show the number of years it will take an investor to recoup his/her investment if profits were distributed. It also reflects the market's own expectations of the future profitability of the company.

OBS

price-earning ratio; PER: term and abbreviation published in the Journal officiel by the Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie of the Government of France.

Key term(s)
  • price earning ratio

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Coefficient par lequel il convient de multiplier le bénéfice net par action pour retrouver le cours coté.

OBS

coefficient de capitalisation des résultats; CCR : terme, abréviation et définition publiés au Journal officiel par la Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie du gouvernement de la France.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
DEF

Cotización de un valor dividida por los beneficios por acción.

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Record 2 1998-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
DEF

A statement usually prepared when the final account and balance sheets of a company are produced. This statement would normally show how funds are received i. e. from profits, sale of assets, increased capital, etc. It will also show how these funds have been used, i. e. payment of dividends, purchase of fixed assets, repayment of loans, etc. The date on this statement is usually the same as that on the final accounts and balance sheet. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière

Spanish

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Record 3 1986-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Econometrics
CONT

Although it is not necessary for the coefficients of equations such as(1) to(5) to be econometrically stable to show that profits can be made, it is interesting to note that with one-month data and division at the middle of the sample period, a Chow test does not reject the equality of coefficients in the two sample halves for equation(1)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économétrie
CONT

Même s'il n'est pas nécessaire que les coefficients des équations (1) à (5) soient stables sur le plan économétrique pour démontrer qu'il est possible de faire un profit, il est intéressant de noter que, si l'on divise la période en deux parties égales, le test de Chow ne conduit pas, pour l'échéance d'un mois, au rejet de l'hypothèse de l'égalité des coefficients dans les deux moitiés de l'échantillon pour l'équation (1); [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
OBS

The statistical evidence on profits suggests that profits increase with size but that the very biggest firms in an industry sometimes seem to show a slight dropping off of relative profits compared with the next to the largest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique

Spanish

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