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Investing Lesson 4 - Analyzing an Income Statement |
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Net Income Applicable to Common Shares The net income applicable to common shares figure is the bottom-line profit the company reported. To get the basic earnings-per-share [Basic EPS] figure, analysts divide the net income applicable to common by the total number of shares outstanding.
The last line, at the bottom of the income statement is the amount of money the company purports to have made (net income, total profit, or reportable earnings; it's all the same). Hence the cliché, "what's the bottom line?"
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