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description of a stock whose current price is not justified by the earnings outlook or the price/earnings ratio. It is therefore expected that the stock will drop in price. Overvaluation may result from an emotional buying spurt, which inflates the market price of the stock, or from a deterioration of the company’s financial strength. The opposite of overvalued is undervalued.
See also fully valued.

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A stock with a current price that is not justified by its earnings outlook or price/earnings (P/E) ratio and, therefore, is expected to drop in price. Overvaluation may result from an emotional buying spurt, which inflates the stock's market price, or from a deterioration in a company's financial strength.

Investopedia Says:
Investors may be willing to pay more for stocks with superior growth potential, but they don't want to overpay for a company with growth prospects that don't justify its current market price. One way to determine whether a stock may be overvalued is to look at the price-to-earnings-to-growth (PEG) ratio. For example, a stock is generally considered to be fairly valued if the PEG ratio is 1 (which means the P/E ratio equals the estimated earnings growth), and possibly overvalued if the PEG is more than 1.

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  See crossword solutions for the clue Overvalue.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overvurdere

Nederlands (Dutch)
overwaarderen

Français (French)
v. tr. - (Écon, Fin) surévaluer

Deutsch (German)
v. - überbewerten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υπερεκτιμώ

Italiano (Italian)
sopravvalutare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - superestimar

Русский (Russian)
переоценивать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sobrestimar, supervalorar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - övervärdera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
估价过高, 估计过高, 过分尊重

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 估價過高, 估計過高, 過分尊重

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 과대평가하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 買いかぶる
n. - 過大評価

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يبالغ في التقييم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היה בעל דיעה טובה מדי על, העריך יותר מדי את‬

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