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What does a PEG ratio tell you?

Tim Bennett looks at an improvement on the standard price/earnings ratio - the PEG ratio - and explains what it is and how you calculate it.

by: Tim Bennett
12 May 2011

Tim Bennett looks at an improvement on the standard price/earnings ratio - the PEG ratio - and explains what it is and how you calculate it. See also: Guide to price/earnings ratios and What is a dividend yield?

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