profit vs earning per share

earning per share vs profit

profit and earning per share both are nouns.

profit is a verb but earning per share is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
profit	Yes	No	Yes	No
earning per share	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, earning per share is a hyponym of profit; that is, earning per share is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than profit:

profit: the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)
earning per share: the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock

Other hyponyms of profit include windfall profit, cleanup, killing, fast buck, quick buck, filthy lucre, gross profit, gross profit margin, margin, markup, accumulation, dividend.

profit (noun)	earning per share (noun)
the advantageous quality of being beneficial	the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock
the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

profit (verb)	earning per share (verb)
make a profit; gain money or materially
derive a benefit from

Difference between profit and earning per share

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.