Earnings per share is the quotient of a company's net income ... Typically, negative earnings are not a good sign. For newer businesses, however, a few years of negative earnings can be normal.

EPS Excluding Extraordinary Items Earnings per share can be distorted, both intentionally and unintentionally, by several factors. Analysts use variations of the basic ... as a good EPS will ...

Basic earnings per share were 260.58 yen, down from 277.83 yen last year. Ordinary profit was 132.87 billion yen, down 0.8% from 133.93 billion yen a year ago. Operating profit fell 10% to 124.53 ...