retained earnings

This means they do not have much in the way of retained earnings.

In the capitalist society, natural growth can only come from retained earnings.

However, retained earnings should mean the ultimate impact is far less.

Most of their capital comes from retained earnings - what is left after making payments to farmers.

The statement explains the changes in a company's retained earnings over the reporting period.

After all, businesses, through retained earnings and capital appreciation, save, too.

Tier 1 capital is the book value of its stock plus retained earnings.

Now I realize we should have been plowing every cent back into retained earnings.

In 1961, 78 per cent of corporate business investment was financed by retained earnings.

So retained earnings, the earnings that were kept in the business, look far better.

Retained earnings are not counted in the exercise price.

The company's retained earnings, the amount not paid in dividends, rebounded.

However, it also includes retained earnings and additional paid-in capital.

Since then, the banks have raised their capital ratios through retained earnings and by selling new stock.

Retained earnings are reported in the shareholders' equity section of the balance sheet.

Some of that would come from retained earnings and some by cutting assets, he said.

If companies can reinvest most of their retained earnings profitably, then they may do so.

Furthermore, these retained earnings can seriously distort corporate investment decisions.

But the first-quarter results show that Cannon's retained earnings have worsened.

St. Joe funds development out of retained earnings.

If the company accounted for buybacks as it once did, its retained earnings would have been wiped out.

In either method, any transaction involving treasury stock cannot increase the amount of retained earnings.

Dividends paid are not classified as an expense, but rather a deduction of retained earnings.

These retained earnings are available to finance investment.

However, sometimes companies may find that some or all of their retained earnings cannot be reinvested to produce acceptable returns.