Meanings of dilute earnings in English

As a result, the sale will inevitably dilute earnings per share, tightening dividend cover further.

A deal done without buybacks would dilute earnings by 10 cents a share, Dibadj said.

Frankfort said the French initiative will not dilute earnings.

It said the Climate Corp purchase would dilute earnings by about 14 cents a share.

But analysts are concerned this will dilute earnings and returns that the bank can achieve.

Although the deal does not dilute existing shareholders who exercise their rights it will dilute earnings.

Industry analysts said the moves made strategic sense but the acquisition of Tercica was expensive and would dilute earnings in the short term.

And some independent renewable energy developers, such as Falck Renewables, have had to raise capital through rights issues which dilute earnings per share.

It expects the deal dilute earnings by 4 cents per share in 2010 and be accretive in 2011.

Buying Bristol-Myers could make strategic sense, according to industry analysts, but it would be a financial stretch and could dilute earnings in the near term.

That sentiment and the fact the convertible bond would dilute earnings per share pulled the company's stock down 5.3 percent by 1010 GMT.

If the deal closes early next year, it is expected to dilute earnings per share by 5 cents in 2017 and 2018, MasterCard said.

The agri-services group is predicting diluted earnings per share of approximately 55 cent.

The deal will add to Eldorado's free cash flow and diluted earnings per share.

The cash on the CRH balance sheet was diluting earnings.

The fine reduced Invesco's quarterly diluted earnings per share by 7 cents, the company said.