Relationship of earnings per share to current stock price. Also known as earnings yield, it is used in comparing the relative attractiveness of stocks, bonds, and money market instruments. Inverse of Price-Earnings Ratio.
Earnings-Price Ratio
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 | P/E ratio (Price-earnings ratio) |
| Earnings Multiple (finance term) |
| price-earnings ratio |
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