d P/S, which company will you buy? Show computations to support your decision.
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Using the average multiples for P/E, P/B and P/S, which company will you buy? Show computations to support your decision.
![EPS (BASIC)
BOOKVALUE
Company
PRICE
2017
2018
2019
2020
per SHARE
REVENUE
SHARES OUTSTANDING
2016
Puregold Price Club Inc
40.00
2.00
2.11
2.24
2.37
2.81
23.26
168,630,000,000.00
2,883,352,615.00
Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. 53.05
3.49
3.59
3.65
2.49
2.05
38.17
151,070,000,000.00
1,533,969,280.00
Philippine Seven Corporation
96.00
1.55
1.74
2.03
1.91
(0.55)
7.79
43,790,000,000.00
756,418,283.0
Metro Retail Stores Group Inc
1.33
0.23
0.28
0.28
0.23
(0.13)
2.22
31,290,000,000.00
3,402,677,000.00](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F545f6ed9-761c-4526-aa02-0f88ff5916a7%2Fd393c727-7726-4a39-b88a-2a11ced4923b%2Fci7oi4e_processed.png&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:EPS (BASIC)
BOOKVALUE
Company
PRICE
2017
2018
2019
2020
per SHARE
REVENUE
SHARES OUTSTANDING
2016
Puregold Price Club Inc
40.00
2.00
2.11
2.24
2.37
2.81
23.26
168,630,000,000.00
2,883,352,615.00
Robinsons Retail Holdings Inc. 53.05
3.49
3.59
3.65
2.49
2.05
38.17
151,070,000,000.00
1,533,969,280.00
Philippine Seven Corporation
96.00
1.55
1.74
2.03
1.91
(0.55)
7.79
43,790,000,000.00
756,418,283.0
Metro Retail Stores Group Inc
1.33
0.23
0.28
0.28
0.23
(0.13)
2.22
31,290,000,000.00
3,402,677,000.00
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