The Price to Earnings Ratio, Also Called the P/E Ratio

question 110

Multiple Choice

The price to earnings ratio, also called the P/E ratio of a stock, is a measure of the price of a share relative to the annual net income per share earned by the firm. Suppose the P/Es for a firm's common stock during the past four quarters are 10, 12, 15, and 11, respectively. The standard deviation of the P/E ratio over the four quarters is ________.

• A) 1.87
• B) 2.16
• C) 3.50
• D) 4.67

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Definitions:

Nonmerchants

Refers to individuals or entities that are not engaged in buying and selling goods for profit, contrasting with merchants who are regularly involved in commerce.

Security Interest

A legal claim or lien on collateral that has been pledged, usually by a debtor to secure repayment of a loan, giving the lender a right to repossess the property if the loan is not repaid.

Buyer in the Ordinary Course

An individual who purchases goods in good faith from a seller who is in the normal course of business of selling such goods.

UCC

The Uniform Commercial Code, a comprehensive set of laws governing commercial transactions in the United States, designed to harmonize the law of sales and other commercial contracts.