earnings basis

noun [S] ACCOUNTING, FINANCE

Definition

› a way of calculating the value of a company based only on its profits: The company has always looked expensive on an earnings basis but from a free cash-flow perspective, it was not nearly as expensive.

(Definition of earnings basis noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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