Financial Times Close. Search the FT Search. Show more World link World. Show more US link US. Show more Companies link Companies. Show more Markets link Markets. Show more Opinion link Opinion. Show more Personal Finance link Personal Finance. Offer It is lower than the offer buy price. Bid When you buy shares you pay a higher price than you get when you sell them. The difference between these prices is the profit made by the market maker who puts the deals together.
Spread 1. Volume 1,, Today's open Previous close It gives you a good indication of how the share price is performing now relative to its recent past performance.
Fundamentals and health A measure of the company's worth on the stock market. We display the previous closing share price multiplied by the number of shares in issue. Shares in issue Companies also quote adjusted EPS figures to remove the effect of one-off exceptional figures from the profit figures.
There is debate among investors as to whether this should be used. We use basic EPS — the purest figure. You divide the net profit by the number of shares in issue. Expressed in pence per share. Looking at whether the EPS is rising or falling over time is one of the most important indicators of whether a company is really making money for its shareholders. Sign up to our daily email Subscribe now. Subscribe to the latest investing news by entering your email address below You can opt out at any time.
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