Financial and business terms. 2012.
earnings capitalization rate — UK US noun [C] STOCK MARKET ► EARNINGS CAPITALIZATION RATIO(Cf. ↑earnings capitalization ratio) … Financial and business terms
Capitalization rate — (or cap rate ) is a measure of the ratio between the net operating income produced by an asset (usually real estate) and its capital cost (the original price paid to buy the asset) or alternatively its current market value. The rate is calculated … Wikipedia
Financial ratio — Corporate finance … Wikipedia
P/E ratio — The P/E ratio (price to earnings ratio) of a stock (also called its earnings multiple, or simply multiple, P/E, or PE ) is a measure of the price paid for a share relative to the annual income or profit earned by the firm per share. [cite web|url … Wikipedia
P/E ratio — Assume XYZ Co. sells for $25.50 per share and has earned $2.55 per share this year; $25. 50 = 10 times $2. 55 XYZ stock sells for 10 times earnings. P/E = Current stock price divided by trailing annual earnings per share or expected annual… … Financial and business terms
Market capitalization — (often market cap) is a measurement of the value of the ownership interest that shareholders hold in a business enterprise. It is equal to the share price times the number of shares outstanding (shares that have been authorized, issued, and… … Wikipedia
PEG ratio — The PEG ratio (Price/Earnings To Growth ratio) is a valuation metric for determining the relative trade off between the price of a stock, the earnings generated per share (EPS), and the company s expected growth. In general, the P/E ratio is… … Wikipedia
P/B ratio — The price to book ratio, or P/B ratio, is a financial ratio used to compare a company s book value to its current market price. Book value is an accounting term denoting the portion of the company held by the shareholders; in other words, the… … Wikipedia
Dividend payout ratio — is the fraction of net income a firm pays to its stockholders in dividends: The part of the earnings not paid to investors is left for investment to provide for future earnings growth. Investors seeking high current income and limited capital… … Wikipedia
Sharpe ratio — The Sharpe ratio or Sharpe index or Sharpe measure or reward to variability ratio is a measure of the excess return (or risk premium) per unit of deviation in an investment asset or a trading strategy, typically referred to as risk (and is a… … Wikipedia
