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An price to earnings (P/E) ratio shows the number of years to cover the initial capital spent in an equity investment. There is no real acceptable, and therefore unnacceptable P/E ratio, and depends on each investors personal expectations or goals. Except that generally a higher P/E ratio is better than a lower P/E ratio, for obvious reasons.

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An price to earnings (P/E) ratio shows the number of years to cover the initial capital spent in an equity investment. There is no real acceptable, and therefore unnacceptable P/E ratio, and depends on each investors personal expectations or goals. Except that generally a higher P/E ratio is better than a lower P/E ratio, for obvious reasons.

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A company has an EPS of $2.00

Cash flow per share of $3.00

Price/cash flow ratio of 8.0x

What is its P/E ratio?

Price Per Earnings Ratio = Market Value Per Share / Earnings Per Share (EPS)

8.0 x 3.00 = 24

24/2

P/E = 12X

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P/E Ratio

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Price Earnings ratio is a measure of market valuation (capitalization) and is a ratio between the price per share to the earnings per share. Price Earnings ratio is affected by a number of factors- the growth rate of the company, expectations of future growth rate , earnings- both retained and dividends paid out, other risk factors, economic conditions etc. Generally, young growing firms with multitude of growth opportunities tend to have a higher P/E. The market lets fast growing companies (tech) usually have a higher p/e ratio. due to the fact that the market perceives the company that is growing fast, will have increased earnings in the future. For example if a company is a trading at $1 per share, and has earnings of a dime per share. Then the company's p/e ratio is 10. As a rule anything (p/e ratio) under 20 is good and over 20 is getting expensive. Value stocks have a low p/e ratio. but maybe grow at a slower pace than a tech. firm where p/e ratio of 30 to 40 is more common.

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The price to earnings ratio is commonly known as the P/E. It signifies how much you pay for a stock versus how much money the company has made. For example, if a company's earnings were $1 per share and the stock price was $25 the P/E would be 25. This is sometimes referred to as valuation: The company is valued at 25 times earnings. There are many ways to value a company but the value based on the P/E is one of the easiest and most common.

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