A firm's current market value of equity is $60 million. It has 2 million shares outstanding. The firm's equity multiplier is one, and it had sales of $96 million last year. Its profit margin was 7.5%. What is the firm's implied price-earnings ratio?
A firm's current market value of equity is $60 million. It has 2 million shares outstanding. The firm's equity multiplier is one, and it had sales of $96 million last year. Its profit margin was 7.5%. What is the firm's implied price-earnings ratio?
Chapter3: Evaluation Of Financial Performance
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Transcribed Image Text:A firm's current market value of equity is
$60 million. It has 2 million shares
outstanding. The firm's equity multiplier is
one, and it had sales of $96 million last year.
Its profit margin was 7.5%. What is the
firm's implied price-earnings ratio?
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