Making the P/E Ratio More Meaningful
Four variables go into judging whether a price-earnings ratio is cheap or expensive.
Charles Rotblut
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Four variables go into judging whether a price-earnings ratio is cheap or expensive.
Charles Rotblut
Tudor Pop
Jenna Brashear
Michael Rose
Omar Beirat
| Share Statistics | CRM | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Market Cap (Mil) | $175,834.0 | $939.7 | 98% |
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| Shares Out (Mil) | 821.0 | 76.6 | 92% |
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| Institutional Ownership | 96.7% | 81.8% | 71% |
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| Float (Mil) | 797.5 | 53.9 | 89% |
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| Beta | 1.20 | 1.03 | 71% |
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| Avg Daily Volume (000s) | 7,011 | 849 | 94% |
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| Price Change (52-week) |
(15.5%) | 60.2% | 38% |
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| Growth | CRM | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (5yr) | 14.3% | 14.6% | 71% |
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| Net Income (5yr) | 12.9% | 10.1% | 60% |
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| EPS (5yr) | 12.2% | 16.0% | 51 |
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| Dividends (5yr) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 88% |
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| Cash Flow (5yr) | (22.0%) | (15.3%) | 30% |
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| Estimates | Qtrly | Current Fiscal Year |
Next Fiscal Year |
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| # of Estimates | 42 | 52 | 53 | |
| Current EPS | $3.446 | $16.755 | $16.015 | |
| Month Ago EPS | $3.446 | $16.754 | $16.021 | |
| # Rev Up | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| # Rev Down | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Three Months Ago EPS | $3.364 | $14.133 | $15.512 | |
| Year/Year Chg | (19.7%) | 114.8% | 136.6% | |
| Financials | CRM | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Sales (TTM) (Mil) | $43,938 | $344 | 96% |
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| Net Income (TTM) (Mil) | $9,662 | ($2) | 98% |
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| EPS (TTM) | $10.820 | ($0.100) | 94% |
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| Operating Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | $15,750 | $34 | 99% |
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| Net Cash Flow (TTM) (Mil) | ($2,055) | $3 | 2% |
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| Long-Term Debt (Q1) (Mil) | $41,698 | $35 | 98% |
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| Enterprise Value (Q1) (Mil) | $248,599 | $1,150 | 99% |
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| Valuation | CRM | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| P/B | 4.58 | 3.05 | 79% |
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| P/E | 19.8 | 36.2 | 53% |
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| Dividend Yield | 0.8% | 0.0% | 65% |
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| PEG (5yr hist) | 1.6 | 2.0 | 64% |
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| Ratios | CRM | Industry Median |
Percentile (All Stocks) |
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| Gross Margin | 77.3% | 70.5% | 87% |
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| Net Margin | 22.0% | 1.4% | 81% |
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| ROA | 9.3% | (1.8%) | 85% |
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| ROE | 19.4% | 0.7% | 78% |
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| Liabilities to Assets | 65.0% | 46.8% | 60% |
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| F-Score | 6 | 5 | 67% |
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