2006-10-31 00:25:43 · 3 answers · asked by niranjan m 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Price earnings - A stock's price divided by the company's earnings per share. Generally the lower the P/E, the more dollars earned per dollar you pay for the stock and the cheaper the stock.
Earnings per share - Profit for the financial year divided by the average number of shares in issue during the year.
2006-10-31 00:28:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the big difference is that the P/E is a reflection of future earnings of a company, though EPS is the dividend the company has issued per share. so while the former will give the expectation of all future earnings ( market price of the share) against its present performance the latter is merely a statement of the dividend issued per share by a company.
P/E: Price of a stock divided by its earnings per share. The price-earnings ratio, also known as the multiple, gives investors an idea of how much they are paying for a company's earning power.
EPS: The portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock. The amount is computed by dividing net earnings by the number of outstanding shares of common stock. For example, a corporation that earned $10 million last year and has 10 million shares outstanding would report earnings per share of $1.
2006-10-31 08:35:10 · answer #2 · answered by vagarant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Price earnings is a short form for The ratio of price of the stock and the earning per share.
So a stock pays $2.00(per year or over previous 12 month period) in dividend and it is selling at $100.00 per share.
PE will be 100/2=50
For the same stock earnings per share is $2.00 per year.
2006-10-31 08:37:51 · answer #3 · answered by minootoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋