The average P/E ratio for the market is around 20 to 25. A ratio below this range could suggest a bargain, while a ratio above this range could suggest an overpriced stock.
Very low vs very high PE ratios
It is arguable that a PE of five or less is not a remarkable bargain. While it might look as if the company's prospects are being viewed too negatively, it is not a bad rule of thumb to filter out companies with a PE below this level.
Usually, the market considers a P/E ratio below 20 as a good investment opportunity. 3. What if PE ratio is 40? A high P/E ratio, above 40, indicates investors willing to buy a stock at 40 times or more its earnings.
One helpful benchmark when investing is to consider that the average forward P/E ratio of the S&P 500 for the last 25 years is 16-17x. Therefore, assuming the stock you are looking at has similar or better growth and risk versus the average S&P 500 company, buying at anything less than 16x is likely a bargain.
To give you some sense of what the average for the market is, though, many value investors would refer to 20 to 25 as the average P/E ratio range. And again, like golf, the lower the P/E ratio a company has, the better an investment the metric is saying it is.
Now, here's the thing: If stocks' average EPS growth is rising over time, the stock market's P/E ratio needs to settle at a higher level, as well, to fairly price in the higher profit growth. That's why today's P/E ratio of around 30 isn't as alarming as it would have been in the past.
A good PE (Price to Earnings) ratio in India usually falls between 12 and 20, indicating that a company's stock is neither overvalued nor undervalued. This range balances risk and growth potential, making it ideal for Indian stock market investment.
Apple (AAPL) PE Ratio (TTM) : 38.55 (As of Jan. 14, 2025)
Fair Value Estimate for Nvidia
With its 2-star rating, we believe Nvidia's stock is overvalued compared to our long-term fair value estimate of $105 per share, which implies an equity value of roughly $2.5 trillion.
According to Tesla's latest financial reports and stock price the company's current price-to-earnings ratio (TTM) is 115.76. At the end of 2022 the company had a P/E ratio of 30.6.
As far as Nifty is concerned, it has traded in a PE range of 10 to 30 historically. Average PE of Nifty in the last 20 years was around 20. * So PEs below 20 may provide good investment opportunities; lower the PE below 20, more attractive the investment potential.
Why is Amazon's price-to-earnings ratio so high? It's simple—Amazon doesn't trade based on earnings. Amazon stock's P/E ratio is so high because the company continues to invest in R&D, which increases their capital expenditure AND lower their reported earnings.
Thus, the evidence is overwhelming that low PE stocks earn higher returns than high PE stocks over long periods. Those studies that adjust for differences in risk across stocks confirm that low PE stocks continue to earn higher returns after adjusting for risk.
S&P 500 P/E Ratio is at a current level of 28.77, up from 27.87 last quarter and up from 23.27 one year ago. This is a change of 3.23% from last quarter and 23.62% from one year ago. The S&P 500 PE Ratio is the price to earnings ratio of the constituents of the S&P 500.
The price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is the proportion of a company's share price to its earnings per share. A high P/E ratio could mean that a company's stock is overvalued or that investors expect high growth rates.
Typically, the average P/E ratio is around 20 to 25. Anything below that would be considered a good price-to-earnings ratio, whereas anything above that would be a worse P/E ratio.
The mean historical PE ratio of Costco Wholesale over the last ten years is 35.42. The current 54.17 P/E ratio is 53% higher than the historical average. Looking back at the last ten years, COST's PE ratio peaked in the Nov 2024 quarter at 56.47, with a price of $964.01 and an EPS of $17.07.
As of today (2025-01-13), Walmart's share price is $93.00. Walmart's Earnings per Share (Diluted) for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Oct. 2024 was $2.44. Therefore, Walmart's PE Ratio (TTM) for today is 38.16.
If you actually use the discounted cash flows formula on a zero growth company, you find that its fair P/E ratio equals 1/R, where R is the discount rate. So, using a discount rate of 11%, you find that the fair P/E for a mature company is 9.09.
Google (GOOGL) PE Ratio (TTM) : 25.47 (As of Jan. 12, 2025)
A “good” P/E ratio isn't necessarily a high ratio or a low ratio on its own. The market average P/E ratio currently ranges from 20-25, so a higher PE above that could be considered bad, while a lower PE ratio could be considered better.