Talk:Price–earnings ratio/Archives/2013

Inversion in Formula?
Shouldn't this:

Trailing P/E uses per-share net income for the most recent 12 month period, divided by the weighted average number of common shares

be something like this:

In general, the P/E is the price of the company divided by the earnings of the company.

Trailing P/E uses per-share net income for the most recent 12 month period as the divisor.

or

Trailing P/E = weighted average number of common shares / per-share net income for the most recent 12 month period –

Yes, I also think this is a mistake, and a fairly big one too. Any other opinions? 160.39.210.164 (talk) 19:55, 10 December 2013 (UTC)