Price/Earnings Ratio

Price/Earnings Ratio or PER is a measure of value for a company’s shares.

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Put simply, it represents the number of years it will take the company to earn the current share price at the current level of net profit, or PAT.

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Helping clients understand what we do is key to building relationships. To explain some of the industry jargon that creeps into our world, we’ve pulled together a section of our site to help.


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