You are trying to value the stock of B&E Corp. B&E is a privately held company so its shares are not publicly traded. You know, however, that the company will have earning per share of $2.00 at the end of the year. In addition, you know that B&E is similar to several publicly traded firms and you have compiled information on these firms in the table below. Using the average price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of these comparable firms, what is the best estimate of B&E's share price? Select one.
Firm | Share Price | EPS1 |
I | $ 33.55 | $ 2.30 |
II | $ 14.01 | $ 1.10 |
III | $ 15.77 | $ 1.20 |
IV | $ 11.98 | $ 0.75 |
V | $ 11.12 | $ 0.80 |
I. |
$7.03 |
|
II. |
$28.14 |
|
III. |
$32.64 |
|
IV. |
$17.29 |
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