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the price earnings ratio is simply earnings-per-share divided by the share price.

OOPS! I got that upside down! It is the share price divided by the earnings per share. The earnings figure might be for the trailing twelve months (ttm) or earnings estimated for the next four quarters.

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A firm with earnings per share of 5 and a price-earnings ratio of 15 will have a stock price of?

Just use 5 times 15. $75.


The blank percent is found by dividing the annual per share dividend by the closing price per share?

By dividing the annual per share dividend by the closing price per share, the figure found is the P/E ratio. P/E ratio stands for price to earnings ratio, and the figure shows how much per share investors earn.


What are three ways the value of a common stock can change?

You can quickly evaluate using 4 key metrics: The price to earnings ratio The first and most important number is the price to earnings ratio. It tells us how much a company is earning in profits compared to the company’s price. Let’s make a simple calculation using Apple as an example: If the price of one stock is $180, then we divide that by the earnings per share. This just means how much profit they earned in the past year but for one share of that company. So, if they made 50 million a year but had five million stocks, that’s ten dollars earned for one share. 180 divided by an earnings per share of 10 is 18. A p/e ratio of 18 means apples price is 18 times what they earned in profits. They have a price of $180 per piece of Apple and each piece made ten dollars last year. So, the price is eighteen times what they made in profits. The price to sales ratio Instead of comparing the price to the earnings of a company, we compare it to the revenue. Revenue is money made before any expenses. For example, an iPhone costs you $1,000. That’s the revenue. But Apple only keeps $500 after the costs of making that iPhone. 500 is the earnings or profit. To get this ratio, we can use Apple as an example: The first part is the price of 180 divided by their revenue per share which is 50 per share. We get 3.6. Apple made $1 before any costs for every three dollars and six cents we paid. The average p.s ratio is 2.2 right now. The price-to-book ratio The price-to-book ratio compares the price of a stock to how much equity per share they have. Equity is pure money they have after debts are paid off. Like the previous ratios, we divide that number by the number of shares. For Apple at $180, dividing by their book value of 25 and we get a price to book ratio of 7.2. This means they have one dollar for every seven dollars in two cents we paid for them. The debt to equity ratio The last ratio we can use for a quick valuation is the debt to equity ratio which tells us how much debt a company has. We’re combining a company’s short and long-term debt and comparing it to the equity which is money after debts are paid. Apple has 122 billion of debt and 134 billion of equity. Dividing 122 by 134, we have a ratio of 0.9. You want this number to be low so a company has less debts. Below one is a good ratio. Credit: buyingforselling. com


What the meaning of stock price?

A share price is the price of a single share of a company's stock. Once the stock is purchased, the owner becomes a shareholder of the company that issued the share. The price is calculated by dividing the market capitalization by the total number of shares outstanding. When viewed over long periods, the share price is directly related to the earnings and dividends of the firm. Over short periods, especially for younger or smaller firms, the relationship between share price and dividends can be quite irrational.


How does an investor realize earnings per share?

Awesome question, since it was Peter Lynch that said that stock prices, over time, follow earnings per share. How does the investor realize his investment? Only two ways: 1. Dividends paid by the company to shareholders 2. Price appreciation in the value of the share when sold to another buyer. The price of a share is set by the open market, but the "theoretical" value of the share price is the net present value of all future free cash flows, less debt. Since debt is easily measured, its the differing opinions on the value of future cash flows that causes fluctuation in market price.

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What is the pe ratio of a business?

Is the Price/Earnings ratio. You can find it by taking the market price per share and dividing it by the annual earnings per share.


What is the Price and Earnings ratio when a company has an Earnings Per Share of 2.00 and a cash flow per share of 3.00 and a price and cash flow ratio of 8.0?

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


How to find the price earnings ratio of a company?

To find the price-earnings ratio of a company, divide the current stock price by the earnings per share. This ratio helps investors assess the company's valuation and growth potential.


How can one find the price to earnings ratio of a company?

To find the price to earnings ratio of a company, divide the current stock price by the earnings per share. This ratio helps investors assess the company's valuation and growth potential.


What is the price-earning?

If you mean the price-earnings ratio. It is the price per share of a common stock divided by the annual earnings of the stock.


A firm with earnings per share of 5 and a price-earnings ratio of 15 will have a stock price of?

Just use 5 times 15. $75.


The blank percent is found by dividing the annual per share dividend by the closing price per share?

By dividing the annual per share dividend by the closing price per share, the figure found is the P/E ratio. P/E ratio stands for price to earnings ratio, and the figure shows how much per share investors earn.


An increase in the market price of a company's common stock will immediately affect its?

earnings per share


What is the price to earnings ratio?

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.


If share price equals to eps times price earnings ratio increasing eps should increase share price and is this statement right?

Yes EPS 38c P/E 60.81 times earnings 38c*60.81= 23.10 EPS 15c P/E 10 times earnings 15c*10= 1.5


Stockholders equity is 3.75 billion and price earnings ratio is 3.5 common shares outstanding are 50 million and market book ratio is 1.9 what is the price of a share of common stock?

142.5


How can one figure out the PE ratio for a company?

The Price/Earnings ration (PE ratio) is the price of stock divided by the past or future earnings. For example, if the price of Dell is $100 and the company earned $10 per share over the past 12 months, then the trailing 12 month ratio would $100/10, or 10.

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