These 29 stocks trade at an average PE ratio that is twice as high.
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The only thing falling precipitously at SAP seems to be its PE ratio.
Notice that the PE ratio has been in a steady decline since year-end 2000.
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At 11, its trailing-twelve-months PE ratio is low, as is its price-to-sales ratio.
Stated more clearly, their current PE ratio is approximately the same as their expected long-term earnings growth rate.
Its forward PE ratio is 10.5, at a time when its shares are trading around a 52-week high.
Its PE ratio of about 57 is higher than only a handful of mega caps with actual earnings.
Its stock has soared over the past year, not so much on rising profits as on a rising PE ratio.
But its PE ratio is running at about 26, which believe it or not is about mode-level for the sector.
PetSmart shares, which used to lean toward Target-level valuations, now trend closer, in PE ratio, to those of diamond and Prada sellers.
Earnings have been so strong lately that the share price valuations remain near 10-year lows, with a PE ratio of less than 18.
Major REITs including Simon Property Group ( SPG), Public Storage ( PSA) and Vornado ( VNO) trade at much higher valuations, based on PE ratio.
The recent selling, such as it was, dropped the PE ratio to about 33, which is still in that uber-growth territory where analysts fear making buy recommendations.
Aflac ( AFL) meets the ROE test, trades at a sub 10 PE ratio and its current 2.8% dividend yield is part of a steady dividend growth picture.
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PetSmart shares, which used to lean toward Target-level ( TGT) valuations, now trend closer to fast-growing companies like Chinese Internet provider Baidu ( BIDU), based in PE ratio.
Its PE ratio is greater than those of General Dynamics ( GD), Boeing ( BA), Illinois Tool Works ( ITW) or even conglomerate United Technologies Corp. ( UTX).
With a PE ratio below 9 and a dividend yield of about 4.6%, Intel is either a bargain or a fabled tech giant that has lost its way.
The orange line plots earnings, the dark blue line shows the historical normal PE ratio applied by the market, and the light blue shaded area reflect dividends paid out of earnings.
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In a long time, based on the PE ratio.
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Apple selling since September has shot down the share price about 20% and put its share price valuations into old school company territory, as in a PE ratio of about 12.
The question now for investors is whether Kors can continue that kind of growth in both stock price and earnings, justifying its PE ratio for the trailing 12 months, which currently stands at nearly 40.
The shares trade at a PE ratio of about 14 and more than twice sales, just as it reported a worrisome drop in sales of big-ticket items, like mainframe computers, and some slowing of software sales.
Behind the recent decline is the fact that, even at its low PE ratio, Apple has been a momentum stock, with professional and amateur investors alike jumping aboard in part because they were afraid to miss out on the profits being made.
Of all stock market measures, one stands out: The Price-to-Earnings Ratio (PE).
Thus, prices exceeded corporate earnings growth by a considerable margin and expanded stock valuation as measured by the price-to-earnings ratio (PE) from 14.5 PE to 16.2 PE.
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