The result compares to a year-ago profit of 56 cents per share and a 19 cent per share profit in the second quarter.
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He sees the company posted a loss of a penny a share in 2011, with a profit of 39 cents a share in 2012.
Today, most organizations commonly refer to the meaning of share in terms of market share, profit share, revenue share and share of wallet, among other things.
It is not sufficient therefore to look at changes in the labour share and thus conclude that there has been an equal but opposite change in the profit share.
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Again, that health care insurance is an employer provided benefit of being employed, that this cost has been rising substantially, means that the wages and salaries share of national income falls without any corresponding rise in the profit share of that national income.
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One potential setback for the share price lies in its profit margins, which have grown steadily and are much higher than competitors.
The company particularly disappointed Wall Street by booking just 55 cents a share in fourth-quarter profit, less than the 57 cents that analysts predicted.
Leaving that aside the error is in thinking that the labour share of wages and salaries in GDP is the inverse of the profit share.
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We might indeed explain the historical outperformance of stocks by an increase in the profit share of national income.
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After the last profit-share peak in the mid-1960s, the corporate sector suffered a long and dismal decline.
The consensus projects per-share-profit growth of 12% in the December quarter and 23% this year.
Consensus estimates project per share-profit growth of 36% in 2007 and 12% in 2008.
The three major textbook companies that have dominant market share in our public schools are for-profit firms, for example.
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On a GAAP basis, the company lost 3 cents a share in the quarter, compared to a profit of 15 cents on a fully diluted basis a year ago.
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"Starbucks told us that it has made a loss for 14 of the 15 years it has been operating in the UK, but in 2006 it made a small profit" - in spite of a reported market share of almost a third.
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An affidavit by former Bafana Bafana coach Jomo Sono, who owned a share in the players, told of the huge profit the pair made from the sales.
"Nissan's never been represented in that segment with a market share or profit base up to our potential, so we are expecting a lot from our new Versa, " the British-born executive said.
Maybe a lower price and lower profit in exchange for more market share would have been a better move.
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Its vehicle businesses have gained market share in three out of four regions in 2004, achieving record profitability in Asia Pacific and returning to profit in Latin America, the Middle East and Africa.
In particular, why does EMC do so well, with a 35% market share in its line of business and a 19% net profit margin?
This was primarily a result of drop in quarterly profit due to erosion of market share and weaker demand for TV sets and entertainment products.
At first, the economists found the profit forecasts very helpful in predicting differences in share returns.
But Wells Fargo 's profit report came in with 41 cents a share, which was right in line with expectations.
Molson Coors already is doing that with its two-year-old joint venture with SABMiller in the U.S. The companies share expenses and profit.
Stock-index futures will follow, designed to profit from the leap in cross-border share dealing that is expected once stock prices are reset in euros.
But Wells Fargo 's (nyse: WFC - news - people ) profit report came in with 41 cents a share, which was right in line with expectations.
The telecommunications group released earnings a day ahead of schedule late Wednesday, saying it would scrap the payment of remaining dividends and cancel share buybacks for this year, as profit dropped 14% in the second quarter.
The profit share of income is almost exactly where it was in 1982.
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Profit in the second quarter was 82 cents per share, up from a year-earlier loss of 13 cents per share.
Since going public in 1988 Dell has seen sales, net profit and share price all climb at compound annual rates between 28% and 33%.
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