Tallgrass Energy (FRA:TGV) Net Income : €-2.80 Mil (TTM As of Dec. 2012)

Tallgrass Energy Net Income Chart

Tallgrass Energy Annual Data
	Trend	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12
Net Income		Get a 7-Day Free Trial				-0.40	-0.57	-4.83	-1.72	-2.80

Tallgrass Energy Semi-Annual Data
	Dec04	Dec05	Dec06	Dec07	Dec08	Dec09	Dec10	Dec11	Dec12
Net Income	Get a 7-Day Free Trial				-0.40	-0.57	-4.83	-1.72	-2.80

Tallgrass Energy 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

Tallgrass Energy's Net Income for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

Tallgrass Energy's Net Income for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 is calculated as

For stock reported annually, GuruFocus uses latest annual data as the TTM data. Net Income for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2012 was €-2.80 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.

Tallgrass Energy  (FRA:TGV) 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:

Tallgrass Energy's Earnings per Share (Diluted) (EPS) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2012 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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