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Definition of P/E ratio
1. Noun. (stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings.
Category relationships: Securities Market, Stock Exchange, Stock Market
Generic synonyms: Ratio
Definition of P/E ratio
1. Noun. (abbreviation) (finance): '''Price-to-Earnings ratio''' for an issue of stock. The '''Price-to-Earnings ratio''' of a stock is a number calculated from the price per share of the stock divided by the earnings per share of that stock for the past 12 months. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of P/E Ratio
| P-wave P-waves P.A. P.A. system P.E. P.I. P.M. P.O. P.O.I. P.R. | P.S. P. G. Wodehouse P. I. P. P. von Mauser P. T. Barnum P/E ratio (current term) P/E ratios P/Invoke P/N P1 | P2Gri P2P P3 P400 protein P45 P45s P700 PA PABA PABX |
Literary usage of P/E ratio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Profiting from Chaos: Using Chaos Theory for Market Timing, Stock Selection by Tonis Vaga (1994)
"The second factor Zweig considers important is the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio.
Academic studies have shown that the stocks withlow P/E ratios outperform ..."
2. Pensions, Savings and Capital Flows: From Ageing to Emerging Markets by Helmut Reisen (2000)
"The prospective drop in the SP 500 P/E ratio would represent a decline of 30 per
cent, on account of deteriorating demographic fundamentals. ..."
3. Financial Markets for the Rest of Us: An Easy Guide to Money, Bonds, Futures by Robert Vahid Hashemian (2001)
"In many of these cases, the idea of valuing stocks using the P/E ratio is cast aside
... Conservative investors have always been guided by the P/E ratio, ..."
4. Institutional Investors in the New Financial Landscape by H. J. Blommestein, Norbert Funke (1998)
"The prospective drop in the SP 500 P/E ratio would represent a decline of 30 per
cent, on account of deteriorating demographic fundamentals. ..."
5. China in the World Economy: The Domestic Policy Challenges by Charles A Pigott (2002)
"An initial price is estimated based upon projected earnings and an expected P/E
ratio based upon accepted market practice. With this tentative price as a ..."
6. The Sme Financing Gap by OECD., Oecd (2006)
"... National Venture Capital Association NYSE New York Stock Exchange OECD
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development P/E ratio Price-earning ..."
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