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The P/E Ratio Explained: How to Project a Stock Price

What the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio really means, how to use it to project a future stock price, and how it signals whether a stock is cheap or expensive.

What the P/E ratio is

Where EPS comes from

EPS vs. the P/E ratio: what’s the difference?

How to calculate the P/E ratio, step by step

Trailing vs. forward P/E

What counts as a “good” P/E?

The PEG ratio: P/E adjusted for growth

How to project a price target with P/E

Why test a range (bear / base / bull)

Limitations to remember

What’s a good P/E ratio by sector?

What a negative or “N/A” P/E means

P/E vs. earnings yield (and interest rates)

Common questions about the P/E ratio

Try it on a stock: Apple Inc. (AAPL) · MICROSOFT CORP (MSFT) · Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) · NVIDIA CORP (NVDA) · AMAZON COM INC (AMZN) · Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) · Meta Platforms, Inc. (META)

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