astatementof theexpectedprofitsof aparticularcompanyover aparticularperiod:Analystsissueearningsestimates, givingearningspersharethat theanalystbelievesaparticularcompanywillreportinitsnextquarterlystatement.(Definition ofearnings estimatefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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earnings estimateHence there is a standard deviation of 12 month forward earnings estimates.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In the zeal to satisfy consensus earnings estimates and project a smooth earnings path, wishful thinking may be winning the day over faithful representation.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Base-case analyses, grounded in human capital theory, applied earnings estimates to caregiving time to impute the market value of time lost from labor.From theCambridge English CorpusThe reports are to be supported by up-to-date statements of special damages and loss of future earnings estimates.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Average earnings estimated at ￡229·80 per week are those for full-time men in all occupations, paid at adult rates, whose pay is unaffected by absence.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/earnings-estimate##
