The price-earnings ratio is calculated by dividing:
A: Market value per share by earnings per share.
B: Earnings per share by market value per share.
C: Dividends per share by earnings per share.
D: Dividends per share by market value per share.
E: Market value per share by dividends per share.
A: Market value per share by earnings per share.
B: Earnings per share by market value per share.
C: Dividends per share by earnings per share.
D: Dividends per share by market value per share.
E: Market value per share by dividends per share.
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- The market-to-book ratio is measured as: A: total equity divided by total assets. B: net income times market price per share of stock. C: net income divided by market price per share of stock. D: market price per share of stock divided by earnings per share. E: market value of equity per share divided by book value of equity per share.
- Earnings per share (EPS) represents current earnings while price to earnings ratio represents future earnings.
- Suppose that the market price of Company X is $45 per share and that Company Y is $30. If X offers three-fourths a share of common stock for each share of Y, the ratio of exchange of market prices would be:
- EPS is short for Earnings per Share.
- EPS is the ratio of a company's stock price to the company's earnings per share.