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De-jargoned: Price-earnings multiple vs price-to-book value

Now that the quarterly earnings season is coming to a close, analysts are revising estimates for company earnings and coming out with new price targets. Future price estimates for stocks are based on valuation parameters such as price-earnings multiple or price-to-book value. P-E multiple Mathematically you can calculate this by dividing the current market price of a stock with the annual earnings per share. It indicates whether the price of a company’s stock is moving in line with it expected earnings growth. If a stock is trading at a low P-E multiple, the chances of price rising are high if growth is expected to go up and vice versa.

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