While paying dividends to shareholders is one way to use profits, aiming for higher retained earnings can be a more effective long-term strategy for creating shareholder value. In addition to ...

Retained earnings are the cumulative profits that a company has kept to reinvest in its business. Some earnings are distributed to shareholders as dividends. The remainder is considered retained ...

Matheu D. Nunn, left, and Gary R. Botwinick, right, of Einhorn, Barbarito, Frost, Botwinick, Nunn & Musmanno. Courtesy photos “Phantom income” represents a challenge for taxpayers and businesses in ...

Stockholders' equity is the value of assets a company has remaining after eliminating all its liabilities. Companies with positive trending shareholder equity tend to be in good fiscal health. Those ...