Price/Earnings
A stock's current
price divided by the company's trailing 12-month earnings per share. For
comparison, we also show the average price/earnings ratios for the company's
industry, the S&P 500, and the stock's own five-year average.
Price/Book
The most recent stock price divided by the most recent book value per
share. For comparison, we also show the average price/book ratios for
the company's industry, the S&P 500, and the stock's own five-year
average.
Price/Sales
A stock's current
price divided by the company's sales per share over the trailing 12 months.
For comparison, we also show the average price/sales ratios for the company's
industry, the S&P 500, and the stock's own five-year average.
Price/Cash flow
A stock's most recent price divided by the company's cash flow per share
over the trailing 12 months. Price/cash flow shows the ability of a business
to generate cash and can be an effective gauge of liquidity and solvency.
For comparison, we also show the average price/cash-flow ratios for the
company's industry, the S&P 500, and the stock's own three-year average.
Dividend Yield %
A stock's most recent four quarters' worth of dividends as a percentage
of the current stock price. For comparison, we also show the average dividend
yields for the company's industry, the S&P 500, and the stock's own
five-year average.
Price/Earnings-Graph
This graph shows two things: whether a stock has become more or less expensive
based on price/earnings ratios, and whether it has become more or less
expensive versus the S&P 500. We graph each stock's historical price/earnings
ratios versus the historical price/earnings ratios of the S&P 500.
In each year, the bar on the right represents the P/E of the stock, while
the bar on the left represents the P/E of the S&P 500. Each P/E is
the P/E at the end of the calendar year. The price used is the end-of-year
price.
Price/Sales–Graph
This graph shows two things: whether a stock has become more or less expensive
based on price/sales ratios, and whether it has become more or less expensive
versus the S&P 500. We graph each stock's historical price/sales ratios
versus the historical price/sales ratios of the S&P 500. In each year,
the bar on the right represents the price/sales ratio of the stock, while
the bar on the left represents the price/sales ratio of the S&P 500.
Each price/sales is the price/sales at the end of the calendar year. The
price used is the end-of-year price.
The earnings yield shows the company's annual earnings per share as a percentage of the share price. If you buy a stock with an earnings yield of 7%, the company's annual earnings per share represent 7% of the share price. Earnings yield is the inverse of the P/E ratio. A 7% earnings yield therefore works out to a P/E of about 14.
The dividend yield shows the return to shareholders through dividends. If you buy a stock with a 3% dividend yield, the company is paying $0.03 in dividends for every dollar you paid for the stock. Typically slow-growing, mature companies sport high dividend yields, while fast-growing companies, since they pay little of their earnings out as dividends, tend to have tiny dividend yields.
The cash return % shows the cash return to shareholders. In other words, if you buy a stock with a 5% cash return, the company is generating $0.05 in cash annually for each dollar you paid for the stock. Cash return is based on free cash flows, or cash flows after capital investment.
For each of these three rates of return, we also show the S&P averages for comparison. The averages are market-cap weighted.
A stock's current price divided by the mean earnings estimate for the current fiscal year. For comparison, we also show the industry average and the S&P 500 average.
PEG Ratio
A stock's price/earnings ratio divided by the company's projected EPS growth. The price/earnings ratio used in the numerator of this ratio is calculated by taking the current share price and dividing by the mean EPS estimate for the current fiscal year. A PEG Ratio means nothing in itself, so for comparison we show the industry and S&P 500 averages.
PEG Payback (Yrs)
The number of years it would take for a company's cumulative earnings (beginning at a base level of $1.00) to equal the stock's current P/E ratio, assuming that the company continues to increase its annual earnings at the growth rate used to calculate the PEG ratio. A PEG payback period of six years, for example, means that it would take six years for an investor to recoup the price paid now for $1 of corporate earnings (the P/E ratio).
Equivalently, the PEG payback period is the number of years it would take for the cumulative earnings of a company (based on the forecast of future earnings growth used to calculate the PEG ratio) to equal the current price of the stock. In other words, the PEG payback period is the amount of time it would take for the company to "earn" its stock price.
For comparison, we also show the PEG Payback period for both the industry and the S&P 500.
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