trailing P/E ratio

trailing P/E ratio definition - finance
The current price of a stock divided by the past four quartersÂ’ earnings per share.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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