Normally, a ratio of bond yield to earnings yield of 1.0 is considered cheap.
All the acquisitions mean a high debt-to-capital ratio of 49%, versus 35% for peers.
The ratio is typically more than twice as many bids as there are securities available.
Its enterprise ratio is 19, just below the number for the U.S. Wal-Mart Stores.
In France, for children under the age of four, the ratio is one to eight.
The Schwab no-load has a slightly lower expense ratio (35 basis points) and a higher turnover (27%).
For instance, what is the ratio of men to women who leave their spouse for a co-worker?
And about another 8 million have a mortgage with a loan to value ratio between 95 to 100%.
Cliffs Natural Resources (NYSE:CLF) has short interest of 25.80% and a high short ratio of 2.3.
That's why a low leverage ratio is not a guarantee that a bank is safe.
These 29 stocks trade at an average PE ratio that is twice as high.
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Bringing that ratio in line with peers would flatten the cost curve for decades.
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These new entrants brought little capital with them, so the global capital-labour ratio dropped sharply.
Using a comparable ratio, China would today have to hurl 3 million troops across the strait.
Cablevision also has a PEG ratio of 0.9 and a dividend yield of 1.5%.
Where trading costs are not available, the conventionally reported expense ratio is shown in italics.
Use multiple valuation metrics--not just the ratio of price-to-earnings but the ratios of price-to-sales and price-to-book.
This number dictates the ratio between the pen cap and visible portion of the barrel.
It also sports a 37% discount to its average price-sales ratio over the past five years.
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This is the lowest level for the eight-week ratio since late 2008 and early 2009.
This includes the consideration of price performance, income and the expense ratio all in combination.
All this means that the risk-reward ratio for holding government bonds looks pretty skewed.
This compared with a 3.8% deficit-to-GDP ratio estimated when the budget was presented in October 1999.
Taylor assumes that we can boost that ratio back to its 2000 level of almost 65%.
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You can apply the q ratio to a company or the entire stock market.
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Vietnam's ratio of investment to economic growth has fallen by roughly a quarter in recent years.
This ratio implies that the company will never grow NOPAT from its current level.
They therefore consider it to be bullish whenever this ratio drops below that long-term average.
The bids to offers ratio was 3.05 times versus 2.81 times at the last four auctions.
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Kalamazoo has a 14% capital ratio and 39% of its assets in cash and securities.
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