Go to finance.yahoo.com and obtain the price-earnings ratios of Adobe Systems (ADBE) and American Electric Power (AEP).

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Go to finance.yahoo.com and obtain the price-earnings ratios of Adobe Systems (ADBE) and American Electric Power (AEP). Which of these two firms seem to more of a "growth stock"? Now obtain a forecast of each firm's expected earnings per share in the coming year. You can find earnings forecasts on yahoo.com under "Analysts Estimates: What is the present value of growth opportunities for each firm as a fraction of its stock price? (Assume, for simplicity, that the required rate of return on the stock is r = 8%.) Are the relative values you obtain for PVGO consistent with the P/E ratios?
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Fundamentals of Corporate Finance

ISBN: 978-1259024962

6th Canadian edition

Authors: Richard Brealey, Stewart Myers, Alan Marcus, Devashis Mitra, Elizabeth Maynes, William Lim

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