balance sheet showed total assets of $60 million, total liabilities (including preferred stock) of $45 million, and 1,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Next year, Flintstone is projecting that it will have net income of $1.5 million. If the average P/E multiple in Flintstone's industry is 15, what should be the price of Flintstone's stock

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Conor Case

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18 July, 21:57

balance sheet showed total assets of $60 million, total liabilities (including preferred stock) of $45 million, and 1,000,000 shares of common stock outstanding. Next year, Flintstone is projecting that it will have net income of $1.5 million. If the average P/E multiple in Flintstone's industry is 15, what should be the price of Flintstone's stock

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Lilia Burns · Answer 1

The price per share should be $22.5

Explanation:

The price earnings multiple or P/E tells us how much price the investors are willing to pay for $1 earnings of the company.

We first need to calculate the earnings per share of the company.

Earnings per share = Net Income / Number of outstanding common shares

Earnings per share = 1500000 / 1000000 = $1.5 per share

Using the P/E for the industry, the price per share of Flintstone should be,

P/E = Price per share / Earnings per share

15 = Price per share / 1.5

15 * 1.5 = Price per share

Price per Share = $22.5