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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Earnings Variability

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Concept Definition and Explanation

Variability in earnings of the firm is the risk to investors. Hence risk analysis is the analysis of variability of earnings of a firm. More volatile income flows mean greater risk.

The total risk of the firm or earngins variability has two components: business risk (operating earnings variability), and financial risk (net earnings variability).

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