The formula for diluted earnings per share is a company's net income (excluding preferred dividends) divided by its total share count - including both outstanding and diluted shares.

Your earnings per share is 50 cents, or $280,000 divided by 560,000. This means you generated 50 cents of earnings for each share of common stock. Preferred Stock Earnings ...

Company Y has a price per share of $79 and an earnings per share of $3 for this year and $2.30 for last year. P/E Ratio of 26 (79/3 = 26) Earnings Growth Rate of 30% (3/2.30 – 1 = 30%) ...

To calculate a stock's earnings yield, divide the company's annual earnings per share (EPS) by the share price. You may recognize this formula as the inverse of the popular P/E ratio .