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price-earnings ratio

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price-earn·ings ratio (prsûrnngz)
n.
The ratio of the market price of a common stock to its earnings per share.
price-earnings ratio
n
(Economics, Accounting & Finance / Stock Exchange) the ratio of the price of a share on a stock exchange to the earnings per share, used as a measure of a company's future profitability Abbreviation P/E ratio
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That suggests earnings would come in around $76, and that the S&P 500 trades at a price-earnings ratio of 13.
MARKET DIVIDE by Ben Levisohn / BusinessWeek
In the last housing slump in the late 1980s and early 1990s, banks' shares traded on a price-earnings ratio of 6 for three years, at around the book value of their assets for four years, and the yield peaked at 9 per cent, according to strategists at Dresdner Kleinwort.
Market forces by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
The oil and gas sector trades on a price-earnings ratio of around 18 times, and TGE stands now at 17 times, suggesting there is still some upside to the stock.
SUNDAY TIPS; In association with BUSINESS VENTURE by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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