A company reported net income of $78,000 and had 15,000 common shares outstanding throughout the current year. At year-end, the price per share of the company's stock was $49.40. What is the company's year-end price-earnings ratio?

What will be an ideal response?


Earnings per share = $78,000/15,000 shares = $5.20 per share
  Price-earnings ratio = $49.40/$5.20 = 9.5

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