Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

price-earnings ratio

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English

Syllables: price-earn-ings ra-tio
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.

Inflected Forms

price-earnings ratios (plural)

Synonyms

PE PE ratio P-E ratio multiple

Questions

What does price-earnings ratio mean?: The ratio of share price to earnings per share used as an indication of the relative value of the share.

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