Price to earnings (P/E) and price to sales (P/S) are the first ratios that come to an investor’s mind while narrowing down a list of undervalued stocks. However, the price-to-book ratio (P/B ratio), ...

Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex (Reuters) ...

Investment word of the day: There are several measures to understand whether a stock aligns with your investment or financial goals. One such metric is the price-to-book ratio or P/B ratio, which ...

Return on Equity, Price to Book Ratio and Price to Earnings Ratio interact in interesting ways. Value investors strive to maximize ROE while minimizing P/E and P/B. Return on Price or Earnings Yield ...

The task of spotting a discounted stock is quite difficult. Value investors have tried various ways to identify stocks trading at a discount to their actual value. When you are a growth investor, you ...

When evaluating a company, investors mostly look at a stock’s price-to-earnings (P/E) or price-to-sales (P/S) ratio. While P/E is the ratio of annual earnings to stock price, P/S reflects the amount ...