P/E ratio shows that how much times more investor is willing to pay for 1$ earning of the company. P/E ratio is calculated by dividing Market price per share by Earning per share
PE ratiio = MPS/EPS
This ratio is used to compare prices of shares of companies in similar industries like pepsi and co cola. Lets say if company A has PE of 20 and company B has PE of 15, company B is said to be undervalued
Here EPS of company is given as $3.96 and PE ratio of similar stock is given as 20, we can find Price of share as follows
Price of share = EPS * PE ratio of similar stock
=3.96$*20
=79.2$
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