Reading 42: Market-Based Valuation: Price and Enterprise Val center, central, describe, 2010, class

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Session 12: Equity Investments: Valuation Models
Reading 42: Market-Based Valuation: Price and Enterprise Value Multiples

LOS u: Discuss the use of the arithmetic mean, the harmonic mean, the weighted harmonic mean, and the median to describe the central tendency of a group of multiples.

 

 

 

An analyst is calculating the weighted harmonic mean P/E ratio of a 2-stock portfolio. Stocks AAA and BBB have prices of $12 and $15, respectively, and EPS of $1 and $2, respectively. Which of the following is the weighted harmonic mean P/E of the portfolio closest to?

A) 9.23

B) 9.75

C) 9.00

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The weighted harmonic mean is 1/[(12/27)(1/12) + (15/27)(2/15)] = 27/3 = 9.00 The weighted harmonic mean of the individual stocks P/Es is the best measure of the P/E for a portfolio of stocks.