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Why do PE ratios for small cap stocks tend to be greater than those for large cap stocks?
As a general rule, why is the PE ratio of small cap stocks greater than the PE ratio of large cap stocks? Is it just a coincidence? Or is there a reason?
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What's the connection between P/E ratio and growth?
Is there an exact formula for that if we can predict the growth accurately?
For example:
Using discounted cash flow analysis, the impact of earnings growth and
inflation can be evaluated. Using ...
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Why biotechnology has a high PE ratio
At this linK: http://biz.yahoo.com/p/sum_conameu.html
I am looking at P/E ratios by industry. I see that Biotechnology is having a P/E ratio of 145 which is very high compared to other industries. ...
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How to calculate/reconcile conflicting P/E ratios?
Was reading over some old LinkedIn IPO press coverage and noticed some drastically different P/E ratios being reported. Note: I know that CBS uses the $45 IPO price and ZH uses the $83 opening price. ...
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What is the P/E ratio for a company with negative earnings?
I know that PE ratio = (share price) / (net earnings per share), so does a company with a net loss mean they have a negative 1-year trailing PE? Is this surprising/unusual? What about for a company ...
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What is the formula for determining estimated stock price when I only have an earning per share number?
I need a formula for determining estimated stock price when I have an EPS number only. For instance, the EPS number "earnings per share" is created using a known number of shares, to solve for the ...
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Where can you find historical PEs of US indices?
Indices tracking ETFs
* DIAMONDS Trust I (ticker: DIA) tracks DJIA
* SPDRs (ticker: SPY) tracks S&P 500
* NASDAQ 100 Trust (ticker: QQQQ) tracks NASDAQ 100
* iShares Russell 2000 (ticker: IWM) ...
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How to calculate PE ratios for indices such as DJIA?
I want to record Dow Jones Industrial Average's PE. Yahoo Finance gives N/A [1]:
>>> import y_finance
>>> print y_finance.get_price_earnings_ratio('^DJI')
N/A
So:
How to ...
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