Gewinnerwartung
German
Etymology
Gewinn (“profit”) + Erwartung (“expectation”)
Pronunciation
Noun
Gewinnerwartung f (genitive Gewinnerwartung, plural Gewinnerwartungen)
- (finance, economics) profit expectation (the anticipated profit that investors or analysts expect a company to generate in a future period)
- Die hohen Kurse basieren auf der positiven Gewinnerwartung für das kommende Geschäftsjahr.
- The high stock prices are based on the positive profit expectation for the coming fiscal year.
- Wenn ein Unternehmen die Gewinnerwartung der Analysten verfehlt, sinkt oft der Aktienkurs.
- When a company falls short of analysts' profit expectations, the stock price often drops.
Declension
Declension of Gewinnerwartung [feminine]
Synonyms
- Ertragserwartung (expectation of yield or earnings)
- Gewinnprognose (profit forecast; a more formal or data-driven prediction)
Antonyms
- Verlusterwartung (the anticipation of a financial loss)
Coordinate terms
- Umsatzerwartung (revenue expectation; the anticipated total sales before costs)
- Analystenschätzung (analyst estimate; the professional forecast used as a benchmark)
- Marktkonsens (market consensus; the average of all public profit expectations)
- Gewinnwarnung (profit warning; an official statement that profits will be lower than expected)
Related terms
- Gewinnaussicht (profit outlook)
- erwartungsgemäß (as expected)
References
- “Gewinnerwartung” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gewinnerwartung” in Duden online