P/E Ratio

P/E Ratio
The price-to-earnings ratio of a stock. A stock's current market price divided by its current earnings per share (adjusted for stock splits).

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Assume Deutsche Bank sells for €25.50 per share and has earned €2.55 per share this year; €25.50 = 10 times €2.55. Deutsche Bank stock sells for 10 times earnings.

The P/E Ratio, or Price/Earnings Ratio
The P/E ratio compares a company's current share price to the most recent earnings per share (EPS). So if a share price is £2.50 and the EPS is 25p per share, the P/E ratio is 10.

The P/E ratio (PER), or earnings multiple, is the latest closing share price divided by the net profit per share or EPS.

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P/E ratio
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price of stock divided by earnings per share price/earnings ratio: the current market price of a company's stock divided by its earnings per share.

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Definition of price/earnings ratio (price to earnings ratio, P/E ratio, PE ratio)

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P/E Ratio
Stock price divided by the earnings per share or EPS. There are a variety of P/E ratios depending on which EPS figure is used.

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P/E Ratio
The relationship between a stock's price and its earnings per share. It is calculated by dividing the stock's price per share by earnings per share for a twelve month period.

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P/E ratio: See Price/Earnings ratio.
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P/E ratio
Current stock price divided by trailing annual earnings per share or expected annual earnings per share. Assume XYZ Co. sells for $25.50 per share and has earned $2.55 per share this year; $25.50 = 10 times $2.55.

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The growth stocks generally command a higher P/E ratio because their future earnings are expected to be greater. In Stocks for the Long Run, Jeremy Siegel examines the P/E ratios of growth and technology stocks.

Current P/E Ratio
The ratio of current price divided by last two quarters earnings per share (EPS) plus next two estimated quarters EPS. See Price/Earnings Ratio.

P/E ratios vary dramatically between sectors. For example, in the new high-tech economy, we have become accustomed to huge valuations for companies that are making enormous losses.

P/E ratio (Price-earnings ratio)
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A P/E ratio can only be as useful as the earnings numbers it's based on. While there are standards for reporting earnings, and a company's financial reports are audited, there may still be a lack of consistency across earnings reports.

The P/E ratio is used by investors to whether a company is high or low. Usually, a high P/E ratio suggests that investors expect increase in earnings in the future compared to companies with a lower P/E ratio.

The P/E ratio (price-to-earnings ratio) of a stock is a measure of the price paid for a share relative to the annual net income or profit earned by the firm per share.

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High P/E ratios can sometimes be justified -- especially if it’s an initial public offering (IPO), technology or high-flying internet stock like Google.

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P/E RATIO:  (earnings multiplier) the ratio of stock price to earnings, using historical, current, or estimated data.
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PE ratio, P/E ratio or PER for short, this is a company's share price divided by its earnings per share (EPS), expressed as a number or as a multiple of EPS (P/E multiple).

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Historically, value stocks have enjoyed higher average returns than growth stocks (stocks with high price/book or P/E ratios) in a variety of countries.

If you buy a stock at a P/E ratio of 15, this means it will take you 15 years of earnings derived from that stock in order to cover up your original investment. In other words, you'll get a "payback in 15 years.

If a stock is trading at $20 per share and is earning $2 per share, its P/E ratio is 10. Primary distribution Another term for initial public offering (IPO).

The P/E ratio may either use the reported earnings from the latest year (called a trailing P/E) or employ an analyst's forecast of next year's earnings (called a forward P/E ).

Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio)
The P/E ratio is a measure of the level of confidence investors have in a company (rightly or wrongly). Generally, the higher the figure, the higher the confidence.

Also called P/E ratio or P/E multiple. For instance, if a company's net earnings amount to $1million and it has one million shares outstanding, its earnings per share are one $1. If its shares are trading at $10, then its P/E ratio is 10 to 1.

Price/earnings ratio (P/E ratio)
A simple measure for comparing the valuations and potential of different companies. Calculated as the share price divided by earnings per share (EPS) in the latest financial year.

This is the P/E ratio divided by the company's 'growth' rate. For example, a company with a P/E of 20 that is experiencing average annual increases in income of 20% would have a PEG of 1.

Price earnings ratio (P/E ratio). A popular way to compare stocks selling at different prices in order to single out overvalued or undervalued issues. The P/E ratio is the price per share divided by the company's earnings per share.

A good P/E ratio points to a more secure business and greater likelihood of shareholders receiving good dividends in future. Lists of P/E ratios of publicly quoted companies are published by quality newspapers.

Price/Earnings Ratio (P/E): The price of a share of stock divided by earnings per share. The P/E ratio gives financial analysts and investors the relationship between the price of a stock and its underlying value.

The earnings, P/E ratio (trailing or forward), price to sales etc. will all fall into place if the company still has enough earnings every year to continue raising its dividend.

PRICE/EARNING RATIO A financial ratio that is commonly referred to as the P/E ratio or multiple. This is the relationship of a company's stock price divided by earnings per share.

FORWARD-LOOKING MULTIPLE - A truncated expression for a P/E ratio that is based on forward (expected) e...
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You multiply this multiple by the net income of the publicly traded company and you will have a value for the business. If the business has no net income, there is no P/E. To illustrate a P/E ratio if the price of the stock is $35, and the EPS is $3.

Price of a stock divided by its earnings per share. The P/E ratio may either use the reported earnings from the latest year (called a trailing P/E) or employ an analyst's forecast of next year's earnings (called a forward P/E).
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The P/E ratio is the price of a share of stock divided by earnings per share for a 12- month period. For example, a stock selling for $50 a share and earning $5 a share is said to be selling at a price-to- earnings ratio of 10.top ...

The Price/Earnings Ratio or P/E Ratio is a stock's current price divided by the company's trailing 12-month earnings per share.

PEG Ratio
A stock's P/E ratio divided by the annual growth rate of its company's earnings.

A money manager who seeks to buy stocks that typically sell at relatively high P/E ratios due to high earnings growth, with the expectation of continued high or higher earnings growth.
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Earnings per share for the P/E ratio is determined by dividing earnings for past 12 months by the number of common shares outstanding. Higher "multiple" means investors have higher expectations for future growth, and have bid up the stock's price.

The share price of a company divided by the earnings per share. A high P/E ratio implies that the company is well thought of for its future prospects.
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A truncated expression for a P/E ratio that is based on forward (expected) earnings rather than on trailing earnings.
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Price to Projected EPS
Analyst forecasts used in the context of a P/E ratio based on forward (expected) earnings rather than on the trailing earnings.

A stock with a P/E ratio of 24 that's expected to see earnings increase at a 16% annual clip would have a PEG ratio of 1.5. Some investors who favor growth stocks but don't wish to overpay for them seek a PEG ratio no higher than 1.

P/E-to-growth ratio (PEG): A value calculated by dividing the P/E ratio by the projected annual five-year growth rate.
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Probability Distribution Function of Price Multiples 16 Sep 1998
Applicability of the lognormal distribution for modeling P/E ratios.
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either in number of units per dollar or other currency or in dollars or other currency per unit; for common stocks, unit prices for what an investor gets by owning the stock are commonly expressed as price ratios; for example, the P/E ratio can be ...

The higher the price/earnings (P/E) ratio, the more investors are buying a company's shares in the expectation that it will make larger profits in future than now. In other words, the higher the P/E ratio, the more optimistic investors are being.

See also: Expense, Banks, Splits, Exercise price, Price-earnings ratio