Example sentences for: earnings

How can you use “earnings” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • But even aside from that, this was a dubious acquisition, because in essence Lucent paid $3.7 billion to buy a business whose profit margins and earnings growth are significantly lower than Lucent's.

  • Assume that Glassman is right about the long-term risk of stocks, and assume he's right that average corporate earnings will grow at 5 percent a year.

  • Unpaid claims have been piling up in its back offices, and last month the insurance company announced that its third-quarter earnings had fallen significantly because of all the administrative problems.

  • The speed with which a negative earnings report can vaporize a company's market cap is also sometimes held up as problematic.

  • Their issuing of "short-term buy" or "short-term hold" recommendations obviously intensifies pressure on companies to meet and beat earnings expectations at all costs.


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