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Definition
Price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio; a company's share price divided by its earnings per share.
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How it's used
Investors often refer to this metric simply as P/E in spoken Cantonese, mixing the English acronym into their sentences. It serves as a primary indicator for evaluating whether a stock is overvalued or undervalued relative to its earnings. Professionals frequently discuss it alongside other metrics like 股息率 to gauge total investment potential.
Examples
Have you checked the P/E ratio of this company yet?
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Common mistake
Beginners sometimes confuse this with 股價, which is just the share price itself, rather than the ratio of price to earnings. Ensure you understand that a higher value does not always mean a better investment, as it may suggest the stock is overpriced.
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
