Terms starting with E
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E-Voting
Electronic voting on shareholder resolutions, mandatory for listed companies in India.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationEarnings Growth
The rate at which a company's profit increases from one period to the next.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationEarnings per Share
Net profit attributable to equity shareholders divided by the weighted average number of shares outstanding.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationEarnings Quality
The extent to which reported profit is backed by cash, is repeatable, and reflects the underlying business rather than accounting choices.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationEarnings Yield
Earnings per share expressed as a percentage of the share price — the inverse of the price-to-earnings ratio.
Financial Statements & AccountingEBITDA
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation — a measure of operating profit that ignores capital structure and asset…
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationEBITDA Margin
EBITDA as a percentage of revenue, measuring operating profitability before depreciation, interest and tax.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationEconomic Value Added
The profit a business earns above the full cost of the capital employed to produce it.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationEffective Tax Rate
The tax charge in the accounts expressed as a percentage of profit before tax.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementEfficient Frontier
The set of portfolios offering the highest expected return for each level of risk.
Technical Analysis & Chart PatternsElliott Wave Theory
A framework proposing that price moves in repeating sequences of five waves in the direction of the trend and three against it.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingELSS
An equity-linked savings scheme: a diversified equity fund with a three-year lock-in that qualifies for a tax deduction.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementEmergency Fund
Money held in safe, immediately accessible instruments to cover unexpected expenses or loss of income.
Corporate Actions, Dividends & GovernanceEmployee Stock Option
A right granted to an employee to buy company shares at a preset price after a vesting period.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceEndowment Effect
The tendency to value something more highly simply because one owns it.
Fundamental Analysis & ValuationEnterprise Value
The value of the whole business regardless of how it is financed, equal to market capitalisation plus net debt.
Indicators & OscillatorsEnvelope Channel
Bands drawn a fixed percentage above and below a moving average.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingEqual-Weighted Index
An index in which every constituent carries the same weight regardless of company size.
Market Basics & InstrumentsEquity
The residual ownership interest in a company: what would remain for its owners once every liability had been settled.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingEquity Fund
A mutual fund investing at least 65% of its assets in Indian equity and equity-related instruments.
Risk & Portfolio ManagementEquity Risk Premium
The additional return investors require for holding equities rather than the risk-free asset.
Market Basics & InstrumentsEquity Share
The ordinary ownership share of a company, carrying voting rights and a claim on profits only after every other claimant has been paid.
Funds, ETFs & Index InvestingETF Premium/Discount
The gap between an ETF's market price and the value of its underlying holdings.
Market Psychology & Behavioural FinanceEuphoria
A state of widespread optimism in which risk is discounted and price rises are treated as normal.