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Showing posts with label PE Ratio. Show all posts
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Sunday, October 2, 2016
How Does the Price to Earnings Ratio Work? - Video
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Friday, September 23, 2016
Price to Earnings Ratio - Formula
EPS Formula:
Formula to Calculate the Price to Earnings Ratio |
Definition:
Price to Earnings or PE ratio is the proportion or relationship, expressed as a number, between the market price of a stock and the scrip's earnings per share or EPS.Example:
Let us consider the example of the EPS of SJVN
Ltd., a company listed on Indian stock exchanges, for the financial year ending
on 31st March, 2015.
Example of Calculation of PE Ratio of SJVN Ltd. |
Significance:
Price to Earnings Ratio is the first of the two most important metric in determining the
fair price of a share, the second being ‘Price to Book Value Ratio'. If the PE Ratio is less than 10, it is a good bargain. Maximum recommended is
10 times, beyond which the price is not fair or reasonable.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Definition of Price to Earnings (PE) Ratio
Definition:
Price to Earnings or PE ratio is the proportion or relationship, expressed as a number, between the market price of a stock and the scrip's earnings per share or EPS.Formula:
Price to Earnings Ratio Formula |
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- Earnings Per Share (EPS) - Definition
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- How to Calculate ‘Price to Earnings Ratio’?
- How to Calculate 'Earnings Per Share' or 'EPS'?
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Saturday, July 16, 2016
What Is Price To Earnings Ratio?
‘Price
to Earnings Ratio’ or ‘PE Ratio’ or ‘PE Multiple’ forms the bedrock of all value
investing, as the ‘Value’ derived from stock purchase depends on tow crucial
factors, of which PE is one. Following paragraphs describe what it is, its
importance, how to use, and the limitations.
How to calculate the ratio is dealt with in separate article, under the
‘How To’ series.
As
the name suggests, there are two components to the metric, price and earnings. ‘Price” is what you have to pay to purchase
the stock or share in the market, of a certain company, and ‘Earnings’ are the
total earnings or net profits after tax, earned by the company, brought down to
individual share level, obtained by dividing the total net profits by total
number of equity shares, and technically termed, ‘Earnings Per Share’ or ‘EPS’.
Lets
learn how to use the ratio. The number recommended by Benjamin Graham, the doyen of value investing, is ‘Not Exceeding
Ten’. The commandment is, ‘Do Not Pay
More Than Ten Times the EPS’. What is
the rationale behind the sanctity of this number? I have not seen any explanation in Graham’s
books, but in my opinion is any stock, worth its salt, must earn a minimum ten
percent and the investment must be earned back within ten years.
A
second and equally important caveat is attached to the calculation of PE. It is not sufficient that the PE Ratio of a
company is less than ten in a single year; the company should demonstrate
sustainable profits in future through its proven track record; the PE multiple
should be less than ten when you divide the current market price or CMP by the
‘Average EPS’ at least in the last five years.
‘PE
Ratio’ should not be negative. This is the
first limitation of the relation. Negative results are obtainable in any ratio
only when either the numerator or denominator is negative. Since the number of
shares of a company cannot be a negative figure, it only means that the
denominator, EPS is the culprit, which ultimately means that the company has
suffered loss. In value investing, a
blanket ban prevails on purchasing all loss making companies, even if it is in
a single, rare year. An exception is
rarely granted; permitted only if there are extremely compelling circumstance.
The
second limitation is that while it is desirable to buy shares of wonderful
companies at a PE Ratio below ten, it extremely difficult to buy at that
multiple, as they simply are not available in the market at that price, even
after a great market crash like post Lehman
Brothers! For example, shares of Gillette India Ltd., are today, middle of
July, 2016, are available at a PE multiple of a whopping 64.61. In my own
experience in share markets exceeding over fifteen years, it would not have
been below 25, as against the recommended ten. So, what is the solution? My
guru, Warren Buffett too admits to this reality, and says that he sometimes
makes exceptions to the general rule, and accepts to a fair price. It is impossible
to define an exceptional maximum number; it entirely depends on the merits of
the situation; judgment of the value
investor, which can only develop over many years of study and practice.
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