Source: Yahoo Finance.
Overview
I believe that many investors look at the earnings to value a stock. I also believe that many of them ignore the fact that every net income generated may come in different quality. It is not only the final absolute number but also (and even more importantly) how that bottom line was formed that matters.
In our stock ranking model, the quality of earnings is one of the key factors to assess business fundamentals. Some of the assessments are quantitatively straightforward while others require some deeper analysis.
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