Gewinnerwartung

German

Etymology

Gewinn (profit) +‎ Erwartung (expectation)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈvɪnʔɛɐ̯ˌvaʁtʊŋ]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ge‧winn‧er‧war‧tung

Noun

Gewinnerwartung f (genitive Gewinnerwartung, plural Gewinnerwartungen)

  1. (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

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)

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