2006-10-19 03:38:17 · 2 answers · asked by foobar 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
MY primary question is how often in Yahoo! finance does this updated....
2006-10-19 03:57:45 · update #1
it's actually calculated based on analyst estimates for the next years worth of earings. Yahoo calculates it with every movement of the stock price (kinda real time with the 15-20 minute yahoo delay in quotes) that's the cool part.
The not so cool part is that earning estimates are changed and revised all the time with announcements or market conditions etc. So as analysts change their targets there is a bit of a lag between yahoo replacing new figures with what the street is currently expecting. Generally I'd assume they could be up to a week off.
2006-10-19 04:49:17 · answer #1 · answered by Nicholas M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forward P/E is the analyst estimates of next years earnings (next 12 months) divided into the current stock price.
Current Price / Next years estimated earnings per share
Every quarterly report may result in a slightly different estimate of next year's earnings.
It should be calculated everyday since the stock price constantly changes.
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/forwardpe.asp
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2006-10-19 03:46:39 · answer #2 · answered by Zak 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋