Price to Earnings

Financial Data API

Definition of Price to Earnings

The price-earnings ratio (P/E Ratio) is the ratio for valuing a company that measures its current share price relative to its per-share earnings. The price-earnings ratio indicates the dollar amount an investor can expect to invest in a company in order to receive one dollar of that companys earnings. This is why the P/E is sometimes referred to as the multiple because it shows how much investors are willing to pay per dollar of earnings.

Formula for Price to Earnings

$pricetoearnings= \frac{close_price}{\frac{netincome}{weightedavedilutedsharesos}}$

Price to Earnings Details

Intrinio Tag	pricetoearnings
Statements	Calculations
Templates	Industrial, Financial
Type	Valuation
Units	Multiple
Historical?	Yes
Screenable?	Yes

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