alleryStart learning →As a ratio of a stock to a flow, the P/E ratio has the units of:
APercent
BTime
CShares
DCurrency
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Time
Price is a stock and earnings per share is a flow per year, so the ratio is expressed in years.
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