The table that follows shows the stock price, earnings per share, and dividends per share for three

Question:

The table that follows shows the stock price, earnings per share, and dividends per share for three companies for a recent year:
Price Earnings Dividends
per Share per Share
Deere & Company.....................$ 82.29................$ 4.98............$2.40
Alphabet (Google) .....................735.72.................24.58..............0.00
The Coca-Cola Company...............44.60..................1.66...............1.40
a. Determine the price-earnings ratio and yield for the three companies. Round ratios and percentages to one decimal place as appropriate.
b. Explain the differences in these ratios across the three companies.
Dividend
A dividend is a distribution of a portion of company’s earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to the shareholders. Dividends are given on the shares. It is a token reward paid to the shareholders for their...