Mr Djindjic's move came with a price-tag - the collapse of the Yugoslav government.
Use multiple valuation metrics--not just the ratio of price-to-earnings but the ratios of price-to-sales and price-to-book.
The stock yields 4.6% and has a price-to-book ratio of 1.7, modest relative to rivals.
Wendy's is the cheaper stock with a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.15 compared with 21.36 for McDonald's.
The average 2003 forecast price-to-earnings ratio of the eight stocks we selected is an affordable 16.
Tutor Perini ( NYSE:TPC) This construction management company has a price-to-book ratio of .77.
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The low price-to-earnings indicates to me that the negativity pendulum has swung too far.
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Currently, NVTL has a price-to-sales ratio of 1.9, below the industry average of 2.8.
Boise ( NYSE:BZ) The price-to-book ratio on this one is 1.04, just slightly over book.
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On a price-to-sales basis, SanDisk is less attractive, yet its valuation is still not particularly distressing.
Neither Leffers' catering nor his massage skills were called upon, but he paid a price--in privacy.
Netsuite already trades at a premium (as measured by price-to-sales) to rivals Salesforce.com and SAP.
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Private companies were valued based on comparison with prevailing price-to-earnings or other financial ratios.
These stocks also traded at a trailing 12-month price-to-earnings multiple below their five-year averages.
Sherwin-Williams ( SHW - news - people ) has a better price-to-forward-earnings multiple.
At 11, its trailing-twelve-months PE ratio is low, as is its price-to-sales ratio.
However, the stock looks very cheap when looking at the price-to-sales per share multiple.
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Stack looks at historical measures of valuation: price-to-book ratios, price-to-dividend ratios and price-to-earnings ratios.
The current price-to-cash earnings rests comfortably in the middle of that range at 33.2x.
Debt-laden companies on the verge of bankruptcy, however, can emerge with low price-to-sales ratios.
The stock trades near the low end of both its historical price-to-cash earnings and price-to-sales ranges.
In this case, price-to-sales represents one of the last remaining measures for valuing the business.
Maybe they're not worth the price -- but since I can afford them, why not?
Freeport McMoRan trades at a discount to its 3-year average price-to-sales ratio of 2.218.
Additionally, its price-to-book multiple of 3.8 is lower than the industry average of 4.3.
Exceptions: Computer Sciences, Garmin and L-3 Communications Holdings, which carry price-to-sales multiples below five-year averages.
The price-to-book ratio of 4.10x is also substantially higher than the peer group average of 2.10x.
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The price-to-book ratio of 2.88x is also 28.57% higher than the peer group average of 2.24x.
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Based on estimates for the coming 12 months, the stock carries a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.
Its price-to-sales multiple, 2.5 times, looks decent relative to 3.5 for imaging concern Getty Images.
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