Meaning Of The Word Price-earnings ratio

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Price-earnings ratio Definition
Price-earnings ratio Definition

What's The Definition Of Price-earnings ratio?

price earnings ratio in Finance
noun: The price earnings ratio is the market price of common stock per share divided by earnings per share.

price-earnings ratio in American English
the ratio of the current market price of a share of stock to the corporation's annual earnings per share
noun: the current price of a share of common stock divided by earnings per share over a 12- month period, often used in stock evaluation

price-earnings ratio in British English
noun: the ratio of the price of a share on a stock exchange to the earnings per share, used as a measure of a company's future profitability

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