Only two factors deliver returns when it comes to investing in stocks. While most investors would stop at the simple fact that a price goes up and realizes a profit, they fail to understand how that stock price goes up in the first place. One of the two factors is valuation multiple expansion, as measured by the commonly known price- to-earnings (P/E) ratio. The second factor is earnings per share (EPS) growth, which directly affects company trades. Considering these two, future expectations are of consider ...