What is the meaning of X in PE Ratio?

      
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						            	Jaap de Jonge, Editor, Netherlands
												
				                The Meaning of the x in PE Ratio

													Quite simply: the x means "times". So it would mean the avarage common stock price is 12.9 times the net income per share.
				                
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