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Conference Call
A multi-party telephone call hosted by a company, primarily for analysts, shortly after making an earnings announcement.
Split Shares
Capital and preferred shares issued by a split-share corporation. A split-share corporation holds common shares of one or more companies. The corporation then issues two classes of shares – capital shares and preferred shares. The objective is to generate fixed, cumulative, preferential dividends for the holders of preferred shares and to enable the holders of the capital shares to participate in any capital appreciation (or depreciation) in the underlying common shares.
Consensus Estimate or Rating
The average of analysts individual earnings forecasts or buy/sell ratings.
Sales per Share
Annual sales divided by the number of shares outstanding.
Capitalization Change
Any change in the issued and outstanding listed securities of an issuer. This change may involve the issuance, repurchase, or cancellation of listed securities or listed securities that are issuable upon conversion or exchange of other securities of an issuer.
Capitalization Effective Date
The date that the capitalization change is reflected in the issuer’s share register, regardless of when it is reported to the Exchange.
Same Store Sales
Sales at retail stores or restaurants open at least one year. A chain’s same store sales growth excludes gains due to increases in the number of stores. Same store sales growth in the 5 percent to 10 percent range is considered good.
Capitalization or Capital Structure
Total dollar amount of all money invested in a company, such as debt, preferred and common stock, contributed surplus and retained earnings of a company.
Screening
Searching the entire universe of mutual funds or stocks meeting user-specified criteria.