Family Dollar Stores (FRA:FAY) Net Income : €198 Mil (TTM As of May. 2015)

Family Dollar Stores Net Income Chart

Family Dollar Stores Annual Data
	Trend	Aug05	Aug06	Aug07	Aug08	Aug09	Aug10	Aug11	Aug12	Aug13	Aug14
Net Income		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					277.56	271.14	340.33	333.13	213.66

Family Dollar Stores Quarterly Data
	Aug10	Nov10	Feb11	May11	Aug11	Nov11	Feb12	May12	Aug12	Nov12	Feb13	May13	Aug13	Nov13	Feb14	May14	Aug14	Nov14	Feb15	May15
Net Income	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															59.08	25.88	33.18	67.58	71.55

Family Dollar Stores Net Income Calculation

Net Income is the net profit that a company earns after deducting all costs and losses including cost of goods, SGA, DDA, interest expenses, non-recurring items and tax.

Net Income
= Revenue - Cost of Goods Sold - Selling, General, & Admin. Expense - Research & Development - Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization - Interest Expense - Non Operating Income (NRI) - Tax Expense + Others
= EBITDA - Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization - Interest Expense - Non Operating Income (NRI) - Tax Expense + Others
= Operating Income - Interest Expense - Non Operating Income (NRI) - Tax Expense + Others
= Pre-Tax Income - Tax Expense + Others

Family Dollar Stores's Net Income for the fiscal year that ended in Aug. 2014 is calculated as

Family Dollar Stores's Net Income for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 is calculated as

Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in May. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €198 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Family Dollar Stores  (FRA:FAY) Net Income Explanation

Net Income is the most widely cited number in reporting a company's profitability. It is linked to the most popular earnings-per-share (EPS) number through:

Family Dollar Stores's Earnings per Share (Diluted) (EPS) for the quarter that ended in May. 2015 is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Although Net Income and Earnings-per-Share (EPS) are the most widely used parameter in measuring a company's profitability and valuation, it is the least reliable. The reason is that reported earnings can be manipulated easily by adjusting any numbers such as Depreciation, Depletion and Amotorization and non-recurring items.

EPS is most useful for companies that have:

The dividend paid to preferred stocks needs to be subtracted from the total net income in the calculation of EPS because common stock holders are not entitled to that part of the net income.

Be Aware

Warren Buffett looks for consistency and upward long term trend. Because of share repurchase it is possible for net earnings trend to differ from EPS trend. He preferred Net Income over EPS. The companies with durable competitive advantage companies report higher % net earnings to total revenues.

Important: If a company is showing net earnings history greater than 20% on total revenues, it is probably benefiting from a long term competitive advantage.

If net earnings is less than 10%, likely to be in a highly competitive business.

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