PRICE-TO-EARNINGS RATIO

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

(stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings

Synonyms:

P/E ratio; price-to-earnings ratio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("price-to-earnings ratio" is a kind of...):

ratio (the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient))

Domain category:

securities market; stock exchange; stock market (an exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers)