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EPS and multiple return bridge
Explain an observed share-price change through earnings and valuation-multiple effects.
EPS and multiple return bridge is a free AI skill for the job "Handle money and investing". Give the instructions to an AI assistant that supports the required files and tools, then review its output.
Free · No account · Made by AI Blocks · Level: advanced · Thinking: high
What it does
A sequential price-return attribution that reconciles exactly to the observed change. Public equity and share counts. Illustrative figures. Price rises from $20 to $36: $10 comes from EPS growth at 10× and $6 from the multiple change on $3 EPS. With $1 cash dividend, period return is 17/20=85%.
You give it
- Positive comparable starting and ending EPS, dated P/E multiples, cash dividends and corporate-action adjustments.
- Reporting date, currency and scale, fiscal calendar, accounting basis and authorized scope.
- Available spreadsheet tools and required native output format.
You get
- A sequential price-return attribution that reconciles exactly to the observed change.
- An illustrative editable workbook, input schema, executable calculation reference and golden test cases.
- Reconciliation results, unresolved inputs and actual checks completed.
Use it when
- You need a sequential price-return attribution that reconciles exactly to the observed change.
- You work on public equity and share counts and need traceable calculations.
- A reviewer needs to trace the result back to inputs and assumptions.
How to use it
- Download the complete pack and read its governing SKILL.md.
- Share the actual sources and the financial question you need answered.
- Ask your AI to follow the methods, preserve original files and stop affected work on missing evidence.
- Review assumptions, reconciliations and CHECKS MISSED before relying on the result.