Earnings per share (ASX:CCL); what does the number mean?

Hi all,

I'm looking into the CCL stock, since it seems to be heading down to levels that would make it an interesting buy for the long term. Whilst looking at data, I noticed a reported Earnings per Share (EPS) of 0.56. What does this number mean? Is this 2012? The 2013 forecast?

What does the EPS reported by the likes of Yahoo and Google really represent?

Also, when a drop in earnings is forecast, is this for 2013 or 2014?

jdenhaan said:

Hi all,

I'm looking into the CCL stock, since it seems to be heading down to levels that would make it an interesting buy for the long term. Whilst looking at data, I noticed a reported Earnings per Share (EPS) of 0.56. What does this number mean? Is this 2012? The 2013 forecast?

What does the EPS reported by the likes of Yahoo and Google really represent?

Also, when a drop in earnings is forecast, is this for 2013 or 2014?

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If you got comsec or some Aussie broker platform you see earning for the last several years display ...
Those earning are audit and set in stones and that is usually end 30/06...I think most Aussie business FY end either in March June or December with majority fall on 30/06

Forecast earning will be for up coming year In coke case it will be 31/12/2013
So takes last year earning and takes 5-7% off will be your earning for 31/12/2013

Also data from yahoo and google can be wildly inaccurate, best source for this information is annual report
It usually free on the business website