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Price earnings growth factorThe PEG of a company is calculated by dividing its prospective P/E ratio by the estimated future growth rate in earnings per share of the company. So to calculate a PEG, you first need to calculate its P/E ratio.P/E = current share price divided by earnings per shareA company with a share price of 100p and earnings per share of 5p has a P/E ratio of 100/5 = 20.By itself the P/E ratio is a useful ratio because it shows how many times the current earnings the shares cost - in a sense, how many years you would have to wait to get your money back if the company paid out all its earnings to shareholders. But the limitation of the P/E ratio is that it looks at historical information and does not relate the price of the shares to its future performance. The PEG ratio builds in that extra layer of sophistication.Using the example of the same company, imagine that the consensus brokers' forecast for its future earnings growth rate is 15%.PEG = P/E divided by estimated future growth rateFor this company, the PEG would be 20 divided by 15 = 1.33.According to Jim Slater, the investor who popularised the use of PEG's as a stock share selection tool, a share with a PEG of 1 or lower is attractive. Put simply, the lower the PEG, the less you are being asked to pay for estimated future earnings. Jim Slater did not recommend use of the PEG as the only criteria of share selection. There are plenty of other fundamental checks that have to be made too.Note that the estimated future earnings are a critical part of the PEG calculation, and that if the forecasts made by brokers are wide of the mark, the PEG ratio will be unreliable. Because of this danger, most advocated of PEG's recommend using consensus forecasts, rather than the forecasts of any single broker/analyst.Similar MatchesEarnings yieldEarnings yieldThe earnings of a company are its annual profits after deduction of tax, dividends to preference shareholders and bondholders. They are usually expressed on a per-share basis (e.g. 7p), and the earnings per share (EPS) figure is calculated by dividing total earnings by the average number of shares in issue for the relevant accounting period.e.g. earnings or £2m, with 10m shares in issue would give an EPS of 20pThe earnings yield is the EPS as a percentage of the current market price of the share. So if the EPS was 7p and the current market price is 116p, the earnings yield7 / 116 x 100 = 6.03%Earnings yield is not used as commonly as its reciprocal measure, the P/E ratio. On the same figures, the P/E would be:116 / 7 = 16.6 Earnings yieldEarnings yieldThe ratio of earnings per share, after allowing for tax and interest payments on fixed interest debt, to the current share price. The inverse of the price-earnings ratio. It is the total twelve months, earnings divided by number of outstanding shares, divided by the recent price, multiplied by 100. The end result is shown in percentage terms. We often look at earnings yield because this avoids the problem of zero earnings in the denominator of the price-earning ratio. Retained earningsRetained earningsThe proportion of a company's profits after tax which are not paid out as dividends but reinvested in the company. EarningsEarningsNet income for the company during a period. Primary earnings per (common) sharePrimary earnings per (common) shareEarnings available for the payment of dividends to common stockholders divided by the number of common shares outstanding. Further Suggestionsprice earnings ratio (P/E ratio)Earnings before interest and, taxes (EBIT) upper earnings level band earnings Fully diluted earnings per shares Pretax earnings or profits Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) normalised earnings net relevant earnings Normalized earnings earnings Earnings Retained earnings earnings cap Earnings response coefficient Earnings retention ratio adjusted earnings earnings per share Earnings before interest after taxes (EBIAT) Earnings before taxes (EBT) Earnings price ratio Accounting earnings State Earnings Related Pension Scheme Earnings before interest, taxes, and depreciation (EBITD) Quality of earnings |
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