Earnings Per Share Is Useful in Comparing Earnings Performance Across

question 54

True/False

Earnings per share is useful in comparing earnings performance across companies.Earnings per share is useful in comparing earnings performance for the same company over time.Earnings per share cannot be used to compare across companies because of differences in the number of shares outstanding among companies.

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