"price-earnings ratio" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: price-earnings ratios [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} price-earnings ratio (plural price-earnings ratios)
  1. (finance) The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share. Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: PE, PE ratio, P-E ratio, multiple Translations (ratio of share price to earnings per share): 市盈率 (shìyínglǜ) (Chinese Mandarin), P (Finnish), E-luku (Finnish), KGV [neuter] (German), P [neuter] (Swedish), E-tal [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-price-earnings_ratio-en-noun-TI0Y6i-8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations Topics: business, finance

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