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Earnings Per Share (EPS): A company’s total earnings divided by the current number of shares outstanding. EPS gauges the profitability of the company from the view of the shareholders. It is used to calculate the price-to-earnings ratio P/E.
Price-to-Book (P/B): A financial ratio calculated as current share price divided by book value per share. It compares how the market values a company to the value on the company’s books. For example a company trading at several times its book value tends to indicate a growth stock where investors believe the book value will rise in the future. Typically a company with a low P/B means that investors think that the firm´s assets have been too highly valued on its financial statements.
Price-to-Earnings (P/E): The ratio of a company's share (stock) price to the company's earnings per share.
Basis Point (BPS): A unit of measure used to describe the percentage change in the value of financial instruments or the rate change in an index or other benchmark. One basis point is equivalent to 0.01% (1/100th of a percent) or 0.0001 in decimal form.
MSCI World Index: The MSCI World Index captures large and mid-cap representation across 23 Developed Markets (DM) countries. With 1,509 constituents, the index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country.
Return on Equity (ROE): The measure of a company’s annual return (net income) divided by the value of its total shareholders’ equity, expressed as a percentage.