P/E and P/BV someone, price, better, please

sabina

Is low P/BV better better then high price to book value?
Is a firm with low P/E better then the one with high price to earnings?

I have a vague idea of these, will someone please clarify
thanks guys

RobertA

All else equal, low multiples are better, as they could imply that the stock is undervalued. Different industry have different multiples though, and low P/E and P/BV ratios may be low for a reason.

For example, if a company has low P/E compared to the industry, and this is corrected, the price will rise until the P/E is comparable. If a competitor has a high P/E instead, and that corrects to match the industry, then the price will fall.

The reasoning is the same for both P/E and P/BV

johnnyBuz

In regards to P/E and B/V, which stocks have historically outperformed? Low P/E and High B/V stocks?

rgonzalez

Based on "studies" in the CFAI curriculum, both P/E and P/BV are correlated with the long-term growth of stocks. So if a lower-than-expected P/E or P/BV is estimated, then the stock should be undervalued (and vice versa)....

Daniel1985

High P/BV means that the equity owner has little rights to the assets after creditors. BV is the asset values that equity holders can monetize on. If P/E is high, return is low....EPS/P = return. That is my take on it.

ramzes

sbmarti2 Wrote:
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> According to the books, studies on all of the
> multipliers show that lower ones are more likely
> to lead to higher long term growth.


True, but people may say that the low PE, PB stocks risk is not accurately stated. while they may be the exception to the semi-strong form, peeps say the risk isnt accurate.

EMH

burnsy562000

I thought high P/BV and low P/E outperform the other ones if they are operationally efficient i.e., net profit margin >0. But i was not sure about it, and we dont have a consensus on this forum either, different answers.

well... thanks guys for you inputs.

agulani

A high P/BV is sort of like a high P/E: the *price* is still high. So lower is generally better ceteris paribus....