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Caroline Martin
on Oct 19, 2024Verified
A firm has a stock price of $54.75 per share. The firm's earnings are $75 million, and the firm has 20 million shares outstanding. The firm has an ROE of 15% and a plowback of 65%. What is the firm's PEG ratio?
A) 1.5
B) 1.25
C) 1.1
D) 1
ROE
Return on Equity, a measure of the profitability of a business in relation to the equity, calculated as net income divided by shareholder's equity.
Plowback
The reinvestment of earnings by a company back into its business, often for expansion or development; also known as retained earnings.
PEG Ratio
A stock's price-to-earnings ratio divided by the growth rate of its earnings, used to determine the relative trade-off between the price of a stock, the earnings generated per share, and the company's expected growth.
- Analyze and decode key financial ratios, including the Price-to-Earnings and Price/Earnings to Growth ratios, for appraising the monetary valuation of a firm.
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Learning Objectives
- Analyze and decode key financial ratios, including the Price-to-Earnings and Price/Earnings to Growth ratios, for appraising the monetary valuation of a firm.