Which of the Following Statements Is FALSE

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) The most common valuation multiple is the price-earnings ratio.
• B) You should be willing to pay proportionally more for a stock with lower current earnings.
• C) A firm's price-earnings ratio is equal to the share price divided by its earnings per share.
• D) The intuition behind the use of the price-earnings ratio is that when you buy a stock, you are in a sense buying the rights to the firm's future earnings, and differences in the scale of firms' earnings are likely to persist.

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Definitions:

Cost of Capital

The rate of return that a company must pay on its investment and financing activities to maintain its current market value.

Cash Inflows

Money received by a business or organization through its activities, such as sales revenue, investment income, or financing.

Profitability Index

A ratio that calculates the relative profitability of an investment by dividing the present value of future expected cash flows by the initial investment cost.

Initial Investment

The amount of money used to start a project, investment, or business.