Financial Glossary
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Last Trade
The time and price of the last trade made for the
stock. The date is reported in place of the time if the
stock hasn't traded today.
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Change
The change in price for the day. This is the
difference between the last trade and the previous day's
closing price (Prev Close). The change is reported as 0 if
the stock hasn't traded today.
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Prev Close
The closing price for the trading day prior to the
last trade reported. On weekends, Thursday's closing price
is used even though Friday's close has occurred.
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Open
Opening price for the day; first trade of the day.
This is not always so similar to the previous day's
closing price, especially when company news is released
after the stock market closed the previous day.
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Earn/Shr
Earnings Per Share (EPS). This is the annual net
earnings per share of stock, as reported by the company.
The earnings from the most recent annual report are
adjusted to include all subsequent quarterly earnings
reported. For example, consider a company that reported
earnings of $5.00 per share in its last annual report. If
the company has since reported earnings in the first
quarter of $2.00 per share, up from $1.00 per share in the
same quarter of the previous year, the EPS reported would
be $6.00 ($5.00 - $1.00 + $2.00). Similar adjustments
would be made when the second and third quarter earnings
are reported.
The EPS reported represent primary earnings from
continuing operations attributable to each share of common
stock outstanding. This data is usually calculated by
dividing the income from continuing operations by the
average number of shares outstanding during the period.
The income is the income or loss which remains after
excluding income or loss from discontinued operations and
extraordinary charges or credits that are reported
separately. Note that earnings per share is adjusted for
stock splits and stock dividends. An earnings per share
value is reported as 0.00 when a value has not been
available for 12 months or more.
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P/E
Price to Earnings Ratio. This number is the previous
closing stock price (see Prev Close) divided by the
earnings per share, and reflects the value the market has
placed on a stock.
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Div/Shr
Dividend Per Share. Annual dividend per share of
stock, as reported by the company.
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Yield
The annual dividend per share divided by the previous
closing stock price (see Prev Close), as a percentage
(multiplied by 100).
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Div Date
Dividend Pay Date. The date on which the dividend was
last paid, or the date on which the next one will be paid.
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Ex-Div
The Ex-Dividend date (without dividend). You need to
purchase the stock before this date to receive the current
quarter's dividend or stock split.
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Bid / Ask
The Bid price is the price you will get if you sell
your stock, and the Ask price is the price you have to pay
to buy a stock. Note that the New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) does not permit Bid and Ask prices to be reported
for delayed quotes, so this field will always be reported
as ``N/A'' (Not Available) for NYSE stocks.
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Mkt Cap
The Market Capitalization is calculated by multiplying
the Last Trade by the current number of shares
outstanding. Shares outstanding is updated weekly and is
provided by Market Guide.
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Avg Vol
Average Daily Volume is the monthly average of the
cumulative trading volume during the last three months
divided by 22 days. It is updated weekly, and is provided
by Market Guide.
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