- a variation of price-earnings ratio.
P/E ratio
Britishabbreviation
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The index’s price/earnings, or P/E, ratio depends on who is defining the “E.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
For the full S&P 500, the forward P/E ratio has declined to a weighted 20.3, from 22.5 at the end of last year.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
Kang pointed out that Samsung is trading at a lower forward P/E ratio than Micron, implying that the fundamentals are stronger for the Korean stock.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 1, 2026
Companies in the index were recently trading around 26 times their next 12 months of earnings, compared with their 10-year average P/E ratio of 21 times—and far below their dot-come era peak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Intel has seen market share losses and the stock has a high forward P/E ratio.
From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026
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