Stock p e ratio explained
The price/earnings (P/E) ratio is of particular interest to investors in public businesses. The P/E ratio gives you an idea of how much you’re paying in the current price for stock shares for each dollar of earnings (the net income being earned by the business). Remember that earnings prop up the market value of stock shares. Defining P/E. The P and E ratio measures the price of the stock divided by its trailing 12-month per-share net earnings. If a company has earned $1 a share over the last year, but its stock price has reached $10, then its P/E ratio is 10.