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EARNINGS YIELD

Earnings Yield: translation

The earnings per share for the most recent 12-month period divided by the current market price per share. The earnings yield (which is the inverse of the P/E ratio) shows the percentage of each dollar invested in the stock that was earned by the company.

The earnings yield is used by many investment managers to determine optimal asset allocations.


Money managers often compare the earnings yield of a broad market index (such as the S&P 500) to prevailing interest rates, such as the current 10-year Treasury yield. If the earnings yield is less than the rate of the 10-year Treasury yield, stocks as a whole may be considered overvalued. If the earnings yield is higher, stocks may considered undervalued relative to bonds.

Economic theory suggests that investors in equities should demand an extra risk premium of several percentage points above prevailing risk-free rates (such as T-bills) in their earnings yield to compensate them for the higher risk of owning stocks over bonds and other asset classes.

  1. earnings yieldearnings yield translation The ratio of earnings per share after allowing for tax and interest payments on fixed interest debt to the current share price. The inverse of ...Financial and business terms
  2. earnings yieldEarnings yield translation The ratio of earnings per share after allowing for tax and interest payments on fixed interest debt to the current share price. The inverse of ...Financial and business terms
  3. earnings yieldфин. доходность по прибылиu выраженное в процентах отношение величины прибыли компании приходящейся на одну акцию к текущей рыночной стоимости одной акцииem earning yield...Англо-русский экономический словарь
  4. earnings yieldпоточна дохднсть...Англо-украинский бизнес словарь
  5. earnings yieldфн. бухг. брж. дохднсть акц прибутковсть акц показник дохдност коефцнт дохдност фнансовий показник що встановлю вдношення величини прибутку на акцю earnings per share на ...Англо-український тлумачний словник економічної лексики