Hello sir. Tiny question.
How is the PE ratio and Equity Beta connected.
If Equity beta is equal to 2 - it means that this company is twice as risky as the market at the moment.
Does that mean that this company will have PE twice lower than similiar industry average/Market average Company?? (because the more risk the higher Investors require returns the lower the MV of shares must be, so The lower PE is ...confused a bit with conclusions.:)
2) Secondly, if company is deemed to be very very profitable in future PE will be very high... I understand that. But what about the Beta? (Systematic risk) dont understand the linkage between high returns and risk.
3) Can there be very high returns with low risk anticipation??
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PE ratio and Beta Equity
9y ago#1Thee is no direct link.
The beta measures the risk. The PE ratio gives an indication of the expected future growth - higher PE suggests shareholders are expecting higher future growth - when comparing companies within a particular sector.
Higher betas and therefore higher risk means that shareholders will require a higher return (that is the basic CAPM formula).
No - higher risk automatically means that shareholders will demand higher returns; lower risk means they will accept lower returns. That is the whole basis behind CAPM.
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