price-earnings ratio
noun
price-earn·ings ratio
ˈprīs-ˈər-niŋz- 
: a measure of the value of a common stock determined as the ratio of its market price to its annual earnings per share and usually expressed as a simple numeral
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The stock trades at 1.53 times book with a price-earnings ratio of 12.
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John Navin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
By comparison, Meta’s price-earnings ratio is 34, Cristian Tiu, a finance professor at the University of Buffalo, told McClatchy News.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Price-to-Sales Ratio The price-earnings ratio is ineffective at gauging the quality of companies with erratic earnings or no earnings at all.
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
To give a 10% return at a (better-than-average) price-earnings ratio of 25, Nvidia must earn $200 billion in profit by 2034—twice as much as what Apple and Microsoft make now.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
With a market capitalization of 56.95 billion, the stock is trading at 1.50 times its book value with a price-earnings ratio of 6.29.
—John Navin, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Additionally, the forward non-GAAP price-earnings ratio is 7.01, which is 27.87% lower than the average over the past five years, indicating that financial market participants remain conservative about Bristol-Myers Squibb's prospects.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
The stock is trading at a 27% discount from its book value, with a price-earnings ratio of 19.88.
—John Navin, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
The company has a score of 41 for the enterprise-value-to-EBITDA ratio, 10 for shareholder yield and 35 for the price-earnings ratio (remember, the lower the score the better for value).
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
John Navin, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
By comparison, Meta’s price-earnings ratio is 34, Cristian Tiu, a finance professor at the University of Buffalo, told McClatchy News.
—Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
Price-to-Sales Ratio The price-earnings ratio is ineffective at gauging the quality of companies with erratic earnings or no earnings at all.
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
To give a 10% return at a (better-than-average) price-earnings ratio of 25, Nvidia must earn $200 billion in profit by 2034—twice as much as what Apple and Microsoft make now.
—Diane Brady, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
With a market capitalization of 56.95 billion, the stock is trading at 1.50 times its book value with a price-earnings ratio of 6.29.
—John Navin, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Additionally, the forward non-GAAP price-earnings ratio is 7.01, which is 27.87% lower than the average over the past five years, indicating that financial market participants remain conservative about Bristol-Myers Squibb's prospects.
—Gurufocus, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
The stock is trading at a 27% discount from its book value, with a price-earnings ratio of 19.88.
—John Navin, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
The company has a score of 41 for the enterprise-value-to-EBITDA ratio, 10 for shareholder yield and 35 for the price-earnings ratio (remember, the lower the score the better for value).
—Charles Rotblut, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022
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