Tempel Corporation Has Provided the Following Data: the Market

question 266

Multiple Choice

Tempel Corporation has provided the following data: The market price of common stock at the end of Year 2 was $2.77 per share. The company's price-earnings ratio for Year 2 is closest to: (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

• A) 9.23
• B) 0.35
• C) 4.54
• D) 13.40

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