Publication Date

1-1-1981

Abstract

The use of the price-earnings relative indicator (PER) is examined to assess its utility in evaluating stock returns for similarly performing firms. The measure does seem to be a valid predictor of investment returns and eliminate bias between firms within the same industry.

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Normalized Ratio, Performance, CAPM, price-earnings relative, PER, capital asset pricing model

Disciplines

Business

Extent

27 pages

Format

.pdf

Rights

The files in this collection are protected by copyright law. No commercial reproduction or distribution of these files is permitted without the written permission of Southern Methodist University, Cox Business School. These files may be freely used for educational purposes, provided they are not altered in any way, and Southern Methodist University is cited. For more information, contact ncds@smu.edu.

Language

English

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Business Commons

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