What do these Stock Market Terms mean?

Question

What do these words mean. I've been looking through Market Watch and i've taken an example

per share data

Earnings (TTM):

Current P/E Ratio:

Cash Flow:

Annual Dividend:

Book Value:

EBITDA:

Return on Equity (TTM):

Return on assets (TTM):

Return on Investment (TTM):

Price/Earnings (TTM):

Price/Book (TTM):

Price/Cash Flow (TTM):

Market cap:

Gross Margin (TTM):

Operating Margin (TTM):

Profit Margin (TTM):

Answer 1

That's a lot of terms, and unfortunately knowing how they calculate these numbers doesn't help you a lot. You really need to study the way these are used to get their meaning.

First off, the (TTM) which you see so often stands for "Trailing Twelve Months", so basically over the last year period.

Earnings= Net Income

Current P/E Ratio = Stock Price/Earnings

Cash Flow= Self explanatory, change in the company's cash

Annual Dividend: How much you'd get a year in dividends per share

EBITDA = Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, Amortization

Return on Equity= Net Income/Shareholder Equity

Return on Assets = Net Income/Total Assets

Return on Investment = Depends on context, not sure I'd have to look

Price/Earnings = Exactly that, the Stock Price/Net Income

Market cap= Share Price x # of Shares

Gross Margin= COGS / Revenues

Operating Margin = Operating Income/ Revenues

Profit Margin = Net Inceome/ Revenues

Answer 2

the first person did some really good research and time. but you can also check out investopedia.com and get a lot of good information,, short and sweet.