41.   Restricted stock grants dilute earnings per share because they automatically increase the number of shares outstanding.

42.   Selling UT Automotive, which makes electrical switches and interior linings, would dilute earnings, he said.

43.   Shares fell today amid worries that creating new shares will dilute earnings per share and will force analysts to reduce their earnings estimates.

44.   Shares were weighed down by concerns a court ruling could dilute earnings at bellwether stock Telecomunicacoes Brasileiras SA.

45.   Shareholders have been demanding an exceptional dividend ahead of the merger with Lyonnaise, which analysts say will dilute earnings per share in the short term.

46.   Some analysts feared earnings would be diluted.

47.   Still, it is easy to understand those fears and how issuing even more Starwood stock could potentially dilute its earnings.

48.   Such financing can dilute earnings per share and can lower the value of shares outright.

49.   Superdome appeared to have little impact on investor worries that such a deal would dilute earnings.

50.   That would initially dilute its earnings.