ratio
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And the forward price-to-earnings ratio for Komatsu’s ADR is 15, while Caterpillar’s forward P/E is 23, according to FactSet.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Some think this is so extreme it is a bubble in earnings, the E part of the PE ratio.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026
The technical chart below shows the ratio has now formed what looks like a “triple-top” reversal pattern.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026
Taken together, a Treasury official estimates the US deficit-to-GDP ratio is around 6.2 percent, up from 5.8 percent last year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
“The ratio of population growth to the Thunderhead’s ability to provide for humanity requires that a certain number of people be gleaned each year,” he told them.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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Only Aguero and Hernandez, of players to have scored at least 10 goals as a sub, have better goals-per-game ratios than him.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
With advanced economies seeing bond yields surge -- owing to elevated inflation expectations, surging debt ratios and AI capital-raising activities -- global borrowing costs have been rising.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
The table also includes ratios of price to tangible book value, which is book value net of intangible assets, such as goodwill and loan servicing rights.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 11, 2026
The government says it spends extra in poorer French districts, resulting in lower teacher-to-student ratios.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
Pythagoras’s doctrine became the centerpiece of Western philosophy: all the universe was governed by ratios and shapes; the planets moved in heavenly spheres that made music as they turned.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Vance has been repeatedly ratioed on X ever since, a small but telling sign that the usual outrage machine is misfiring.
From Salon ● Jan. 14, 2026
They’ve become an entire syntax of communication; many a fine dunk below a ratioed tweet consists of a single GIF.
From The Verge ● Jul. 13, 2022
They also see in Ellis a persona who can laugh off getting ratioed amid a watch-your-step social media culture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2021
The news that McCabe found a new gig was broken by CNN’s in-house media reporter Oliver Darcy, and his tweet was quickly met with criticism and swiftly ratioed.
From Fox News ● Aug. 23, 2019
On Monday morning, the hosts of BuzzFeed’s talk show AM to DM took up the cause on their broadcast, drawing a response from Peretti on Twitter—which promptly got ratioed.
From Slate ● Jan. 29, 2019
Candy preference ratioing gets fierce during Spooky Season.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2022
Never has so much ratioing left the internet all at once.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2017
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