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Re:Why Don't People Manage Debt Better? by chkuendig on Friday February 19, 2016 @10:31AM (#11133993)
Parent was writing about "earnings per share", key word being "per share". So with fewer outstanding shares, this obviously increases.
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Re:Why Don't People Manage Debt Better? by usefulcat on Friday February 19, 2016 @10:36AM (#11134027)
Ahh, ok that makes sense, thanks.
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Re:Why Don't People Manage Debt Better? by jonknee on Friday February 19, 2016 @10:54AM (#11134194)
And EPS is one of the big metrics for share prices (the PE ratio uses it for example). It makes sense that if there are less shares they should all be worth more, but EPS is the reason why that is the case.
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