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Noun: price-to-earnings ratio
  1. (stock market) the price of a stock divided by its earnings
    "The company's high price-to-earnings ratio suggested it might be overvalued";
    - P/E ratio

Derived forms: price-to-earnings ratios

Type of: ratio

Encyclopedia: Price-to-earnings ratio