price-to-earnings ratio

• Indicateur financier utilisé pour évaluer une entreprise en comparant le prix actuel de son action à son bénéfice par action, souvent employé par les investisseurs pour déterminer si une action est surévaluée ou sous-évaluée.

A financial metric used to value a company by comparing its current share price to its earnings per share, often used by investors to determine if a stock is overvalued or undervalued.

1. Valuation metricC1formal

   A financial ratio that measures a company's current share price relative to its earnings per share, used to assess if a stock is overvalued or undervalued.

   ratio cours/bénéfice

   • The company's price-to-earnings ratio is 15, which is considered reasonable for its industry.
   • Investors often compare the P/E ratio of different companies to find good investment opportunities.
   • A high price-to-earnings ratio may indicate that a stock is overvalued.