Definition of P/E ratio

1. Noun. (stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings.

Exact synonyms: Price-to-earnings Ratio
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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