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Question

Computing price/earnings ratio Refer to the HEB data in Short Exercise S13-17. Assume the market price of HEB’s common stock is $19.50 per share. Compute HEB’s price/earnings ratio.

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Answer

The price/ earnings ratio of the corporation is $6

1Step 1: Basic Introduction

Price/ Earnings ratio lets investors know how much a corporation is worth. The P/E ratio is the stock price per share divided by the corporation's earnings per share for an assigned period.

2Step 2: Computation of price/earnings ratio

Price/earnings ratio

  1. Price per share

$19.50

  1. Earnings per share

$3.25

Price/earnings ratio (a/b)

$6