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quality of earnings
Quality of earningsIncreased earnings due to increased sales and cost controls, as compared to artificial profits created by inflation of inventory or other asset prices.Earnings QualityA condition describing how earnings are recognized. Earnings of high quality are attributable to conservative accounting standards and/or strong cash flows. Low quality earnings come from artificial sources, such as inflation or aggressive accounting. For example, a publicly-traded company may claim strong earnings and consequently have a high stock price. However, the company may have low cash flow from operations and the strong earnings may come mainly from the accounting structures it uses. Therefore, its stock is overvalued. Quality of earnings ratings is subjective, but it does take into account matters such as corporate governance, inventory to sales ratios, and other factors.quality of earnings See earnings quality.AcronymsSeeQOE |