look-through earnings
Definition
A concept popularized by Warren Buffett for analyzing investments. Instead of judging an investment by price movement, Buffett prefers to account for the share of earnings that an investor is entitled to as a partial owner of a company as if it had been distributed as a dividend.
This content can be found on the following page:
http://www.investorwords.com/5646/look_through_earnings.html
email to a friend
 print this definition
 cite this definition
 link to this page
Copy and paste this HTML in your website to link to this page
Related Research Articles from the InvestorGuide.com University
Stock Actions
What are the different types of stock actions? Read about dividends, splits, and buybacks. Learn the consequences and the reasoning behind these actions.
Choosing a Stock
Which companies should I invest in? Learn how to find a company, gather the research, and do the analysis. Also gives suggestions of things to look for while conducting this process.
Analysts and Earnings Estimates
Learn about analyst reports, buy and sell recommendations, earnings estimates and projections, earnings whispers, and investment bank conflicts of interest.
|
