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sabretoothtigger wrote: »4 PE would just be stupidly low. Cant be right, a company can buy every share with 4 years earnings is an extreme view
11 pe for sector is more like it and thats cheap 20 is what tech has in alot of case
Wouldn't that sector include many companies that have not made any profits yet (i.e. not struck oil).'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
I think everyones pricing in a fall in the price of oil. Given oil is at record highs at the moment I think the market is correct to demand a safety net. With the new tar sands giving a potential huge supply increase and natural gas being absurdly cheap there are clearly downward pressures coming up for the price of oil.Faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.0
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Wouldn't that sector include many companies that have not made any profits yet (i.e. not struck oil).
In that case the PE Ratio would be high, not low
PE Ratio = Price(of the shares) divided by the Earnings (per share)
I think 3.55 must be a mistake too? Some of these figures and graphs are computer generated and nobody seems to notice when a ludicrous figure is thrown up.“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” --Upton Sinclair0 -
Glen_Clark wrote: »In that case the PE Ratio would be high, not low
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You are quite correct
Could the p/e be corrupted by losses, i.e how do you calculate a p/e for a loss maker? e.g Falklands Oil and Gas has a minus p/e of -152.98:eek: 'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0 -
Shell quartely bulletin tomorrow, I gues the results are likely to be quite good.'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0
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You are quite correct Could the p/e be corrupted by losses, i.e how do you calculate a p/e for a loss maker? e.g Falklands Oil and Gas has a minus p/e of -152.98:eek:
Well again, if some had made losses, that would make the average PE ratio high, not low. I don't know how they calculate PE for a lossmaker. Where a company is making a loss I have only seen the PE ratio shown as a dash.“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” --Upton Sinclair0 -
Shell quartely bulletin tomorrow, I gues the results are likely to be quite good.
I see no reason why they shouldn't be quite good, but still haven't a clue what the share price will do. I have often seen good results followed by a drop in the share price.“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” --Upton Sinclair0 -
Thank you to the OP and replies. I'd set up my Halifax Sharebuilder to buy RDSA without knowing about this. Changed to RDSB
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moneylover wrote: »Can anyone see dividend yields on this website or do you need to be registered
Anywhere else good online to see dividend yield quickly also ex dividend dates where applicable eg as with Tesco today.
There are a few, try this one but I only trust the one I do my business witth i.e TD Waterhouse.
http://www.iii.co.uk/investment/detail?code=cotn:RDSB.L&display=fundamentals&it=le'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher0
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