what does it mean if a company reports lower revenue than previous

stock buybacks anon

wait til you figure out why the stock market is doing so well

>>2794914
so you mean Sears used its own capital to artificially inflate the price?

Thats definitely possible since the CEO owns a separate hedge fund

>>2794914
actually maybe I'm misunderstanding but wouldnt the only way EPS could be higher if revenue is lower is if they changed # of outstanding shares?

>>2794903
>>2794914
>>2794926
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>>2794926

Seems like no one understands what revenue is.

I'm super simplistic terms revenue - operating expenses = operating profit.

Earnings is operating profit with depreciation, amortisation, interest, taxes, non-operating movements applied.

So one likely answer in this case is they had lower costs for the period.