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Okay Professor, I've got a quick question now...I think I have a sense of P/E ratios, but how are forward P/Es calculated?

Posted by Name Withheld By Request (aka BlueKopo) Jan 22 '09, 11:11

That's the part I'm not really wrapping my head around.

PS: What's considered a "good" P/E? I know that sub-1 is good and that 10 is bad, but what would be considered "healthy"?

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PEs should be benchmarked in industry. a grocery chain PE is way different to, like, apple computer's. -- nm - the year of the ox loves mandy lane Jan 22, 11:12 2
- Okay, that makes sense to a certain extent. -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 22, 11:16 1
  - yeah, it's true. what a company does for dividends. broadly for us stocks abot 14 or 15 p/e is average... - x Jan 22, 11:26

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Okay Professor, I've got a quick question now...I think I have a sense of P/E ratios, but how are forward P/Es calculated?

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