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price-earnings ratio

price-earnings ratio noun: the ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.

Noun

price-earnings ratio (plural price-earnings ratios)

  1. The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.

Synonyms of price-earnings ratio

Forms of price-earnings ratio

pluralprice-earnings ratios

Questions about price-earnings ratio

What does price-earnings ratio mean?
Price-earnings ratio means the ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.
What part of speech is price-earnings ratio?
Price-earnings ratio is a noun.
What is the plural of price-earnings ratio?
The plural of price-earnings ratio is price-earnings ratios.

Words near price-earnings ratio in the dictionary

  1. price-currents
  2. price-cut
  3. price-cuts
  4. price-cutting
  5. price-cuttings
  6. price-earnings ratio
  7. price-earnings ratios
  8. price-lining
  9. price-wise
  10. priceable
  11. Pricean

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