1. earnings before interest after taxes (EBIAT): A financial measure defined as revenues less cost of goods sold and selling, general, and administrative expenses. In other words, operating and non-operating profit before the deduction of interest plus cash income taxes. Equivalent to EBIT minus cash taxes.
2. earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT): A financial measure defined as revenues less cost of goods sold and selling, general, and administrative expenses. In other words, operating and non-operating profit before the deduction of interest and income taxes.
3. earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation (EBITD): A financial measure defined as revenues less cost of goods sold and selling, general, and administrative expenses. In other words, operating and non-operating profit before the deduction of interest and income taxes. Depreciation expenses are not included in the costs.
4. earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA): A financial measure defined as revenues less cost of goods sold and selling, general, and administrative expenses. In other words, operating and non-operating profit before the deduction of interest and income taxes. Depreciation and amortization expenses are not included in the costs.
5. earnings before taxes (EBT) : A financial measure defined as revenues less cost of goods sold and selling, general, and administrative expenses. In other words, operating and non-operating profit before the deduction of income taxes.
6. earnings momentum: An increase in the earnings per share growth rate from one reporting period to the next.
7. earnings per share (EPS): A company's profit divided by its number of outstanding shares. If a company earning $2 million in one year had 2 million shares of stock outstanding, its EPS would be $1 per share. In calculating EPS, the company often uses a weighted average of shares outstanding over the reporting term. The one-year (historical or trailing) EPS growth rate is calculated as the percentage change in earnings ...
8. economies of scale: The decrease in the marginal cost of production as a firm's extent of operations expands.
9. effective tax rate: A tax rate that reflects the percentage of the actual tax liability to the accounting income generated by the company, that is, net tax liability/financial (book) income before taxes.
10. Electronic Data Interchange (EDI): The direct exchange of information electronically, from one firm's computer to another firm's computer in a structured format.
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