Say that the calculation of EPS for three companies at the end of the fiscal year was as follows: The formula in the table above calculates the basic EPS of each of these select companies.

Earnings per share is the quotient of a company's net income divided by the number of shares of stock it has outstanding. In other words, EPS is a company's profit expressed on a per-share basis.

Abbott (ABT) delivered earnings and revenue surprises of 0% and 0.45%, respectively, for the quarter ended December 2024. Do the numbers hold clues to what lies ahead for the stock?