price-earnings ratio

noun

price-earn·​ings ratio ˈprīs-ˈər-niŋz- 

: a measure of the value of a common stock determined as the ratio of its market price to its annual earnings per share and usually expressed as a simple numeral

Examples of price-earnings ratio in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not Enough People Are Watching ‘NYT Mini’ Clues And Answers For Saturday, April 26 New Google Leak Reveals Subscription Changes For Gemini AI Apple Hospitality trades with a price-earnings ratio of 13.41, far below the p/e of the S&P 500 now at 34.22. —John Navin, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025

The forward price-earnings ratio is 6 and the REIT trades at 41% of its book value. —John Navin, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025

The accompanying comments include discussion of retaliatory tariffs, inelastic markets and, well, price-earnings ratios. —Alexander Nazaryan, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025

The Dow Industrials over the past five trading days Meta Platforms Stephanie Link also noted Meta Platforms now has a forward price-earnings ratio of 20. —Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 8 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1929, in the meaning defined above

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