price-to-earnings ratio

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price-to-earnings ratio - (stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings

P/E ratio

securities market, stock exchange, stock market - an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers

ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

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