The following information is available for Gomez Company:

__________________________________________________________2011

Market price per share of common stock……………….....525.00

Earnings per share on common stock…………………….........1.25

Which of the following statements is correct?

a. The price to earnings ratio is 20 and a share of common stock was selling for 20 times the amount of earnings per share at the end of 2011.

b. The market price per share and the earnings per share are not statistically related to each other.

c. The price to earnings ratio is 10 and a share of common stock was selling for 125 times the amount of earnings per share at the end of 2011.

d. The price to earnings ratio is 5.0% and a share of common stock was selling for 5.0% more than the amount of earnings per share at the end of 2011.

Answer rating: 100% (QA)

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