ratio

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Investors worried the stock market is overvalued can protect themselves by staying away from names whose price-to-earnings ratios have ratcheted sharply upwards in the past few months.

From Barron's

Carbon footprint is directly proportional to gallons of gasoline burned, so the same ratio applies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Earnings would rise faster than index prices, reducing the price/earnings ratio for the S&P 500, which is an important concern among investors.

From Barron's

For every one gigabyte of HBM, the memory makers lose the capacity for three gigabytes of DDR memory, a ratio that is set to rise with the next generation of HBM.

From Barron's

Rates are again expected to be left unchanged in December, though officials have signaled a willingness to cut policy rates or reserve requirement ratios if conditions warrant.

From The Wall Street Journal