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PE Ratio
The PE ratio of a stock is:
Price per Share --------------- Earnings Per Share
The price per share is the market price of a single share of the stock. The Earnings per share is Net Income divided by number of shares. The PE of a stock describes the price of a share relative to the earnings of the underlying asset. The higher the PE the more over valued the stock is.
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