# Glossary

Earnings per share (EPS)
  Earnings per share (EPS) measures how much profit a company makes for each share of its stock.

Price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio
  The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio compares a company’s stock price to its earnings per share.

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