Price-Earnings (PE) multiple

This one is not written up yet

The definition above is the short version. A full explanation — how it works, a worked example and the exam traps — is still being written. In the meantime the chapter below covers it in context.

Written up from the same chapter

• Asset allocationThe decision on how to distribute a client's wealth across asset classes — the first decision in building a portfolio, and the one that explains most of what the portfolio then does.
• Credit spreadThe extra yield a non-government borrower must pay over a government security of the same tenor — the market price of credit risk, quoted as an add-on over the risk-free rate.
• Current yieldA bond's annual coupon in rupees divided by its current market price — the cash income the bond throws off this year, ignoring any gain or loss at redemption.
• Face valueThe denomination a company's capital is divided into and carried in its books — fixed, printed on the certificate, and the base on which dividend percentages and stock splits are computed.
• Intrinsic valueWhat an asset is actually worth — the present value of the cash it will generate over its remaining life, as against whatever price the market is quoting today.
• Price to Book ValueShare price divided by book value per share — how many times the accounting net worth of a company the market is willing to pay.