Indexology®: Inside the S&P 500: PE and Earnings Per Share
February 10, 2014 at 06:30 AM EST
Two carefully watched numbers are the earnings per share (EPS) and the price-earnings ratio (PE) on the S&P 500. Their popularity stems from the wide spread use of the index and its long data history. EPS is the market analysts’ gauge corporate profits in the US while the PE is their measure...