Assume that two companies in the same industry have equal


Question - Assume that two companies in the same industry have equal earnings. Why might these companies have different price-earnings ratios? If a company has a price earnings ratio of 20 and reports earnings per share for the current year of $4, at what price would you expect to find the stock selling on the market?

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