Vereinsbank's shareholders are miffed that the share-swap ratio cannot be renegotiated because the two banks had agreed not to change the terms for most unforeseen risks.
Rather, the long-term rate of return on stocks is determined by the ratio of share price to dividends.
Weak stockmarkets have trimmed the ratio of share prices to corporate earnings.
But it is still perverse that investors were happy to buy shares nine years ago, when the ratio of share prices to profits was three times what it is today, and are now determined to keep their money in cash and bonds.
When Ratio's share price started its steep ascent, the dispute over a few hundred thousand dollars became a dispute over a few hundred million dollars.
When Forbes Global spoke in late 1999 with Thomas White, a money manager in Chicago, the Nasdaq stood at 4000 and many analysts were busy inventing new valuation ratios to justify sky-high share prices (" One ratio does not fit all" Dec. 27, 1999).
Really, the wide berth that a lot of investors are giving BofA now can be seen in its share price to tangible book value ratio compared to other banks.
If nothing else, cash flush Apples of the world feel investor and boardroom pressure to go public with a coherent policy covering a rising payout ratio on dividends and share buybacks plus acquisitions.
Taking the price-to-earnings ratio, Halliburton's share price is 20.5 times earnings, whereas rivals can command 26.5 times, Mr Gaut said.
Some experts argue that youth unemployment is better and more accurately represented by using a ratio, calculated as the share of total number unemployed.
For these reasons some argue that youth unemployment is better and more accurately represented by using a ratio, calculated as the share of unemployed, as a percentage of the whole youth population.
The company has disclosed it held a private meeting with Ratio to discuss buying a small share of another, unstudied offshore gas license.
Johnson cites short interest in May of almost 23 million shares (out of a 208.6 million share float) for a short-interest ratio of 14.
At one time analysts liked to do this by quoting the yield gap (though this became inverted when dividend yields fell below bond yields in the 1950s) or the yield ratio, both of which relate share to bond yields.
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The recent results did not dent its share price, which reflects a price-earnings ratio of about 21.
Five banks share just over half the market, a similar ratio to that in much of western Europe.
This share price results in a price to economic book value ratio of 1.0, implying no future growth in NOPAT.
In the same quarter last year, the satellite ratio specialist banked a profit of 2 cents per share.
Between 2010 and 2050, the ratio of those age 65 and over as a share of the working age population will almost double.
The Price to Book ratio is a formula that represents the most recent share price of a company compared to its book value per share (the residual dollar value for common shareholders after assets are liquidated and all debtors are paid).
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In addition, Alliance Fiber sports a debt-free balance sheet with 75 cents per share in cash, while Bookham's price-to-sales ratio is 1.6.
Earnings have been so strong lately that the share price valuations remain near 10-year lows, with a PE ratio of less than 18.
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.
We looked for companies that had both quarterly and annual reductions in outstanding shares, a price-to-earnings ratio of less than 25, three-year earnings per share growth of more than 15% and debt to total capital of less than 30%.
Each of these companies trades at a discount to the stock market's trailing 12-month price-earnings ratio of 15, yet is expected to increase its earnings per share over the next two years.
Valued at 17 times trailing earnings per share, DRS shares trade right in line with the aggregate price-to-earnings ratio among U.S. aerospace and defense stocks.
Its criteria include: a better than average price-earnings ratio over the past five years, a positive growth rate in earnings per share over the past 12 months, and a positive operating margin over the past 12 months.
The O'Shaughnessy strategy likes that Hasbro's earnings per share have increased in each of the past five years, its price-to-sales ratio of 1.44 is below the 1.5 maximum allowed, and its relative strength is strong at 84.
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