Fiscal year-end is the last day of an entity's 12-month accounting period. The fiscal year-end is the last day of an entity's 12-month accounting period. The fiscal year may differ from the ...

This time around, most companies reported financial and operating results for the July-August-September quarter, the third three-month period in a calendar year. But if a company runs on a fiscal ...

Fiscal quarters are the four three-month periods of the year. At the end of each, publicly traded companies must report their financial results to the SEC and the public. Fiscal quarters ...

Estimates of a company’s future earnings usually are reported on a per-share basis, either for a quarter or a fiscal year. Earnings estimates are the projected profits of a company for a period.

A fiscal deficit refers to the shortfall in a government’s revenue compared to its spending during a certain period. When a country runs a fiscal deficit, it means the government spends beyond ...