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ratio

[rey-shoh, -shee-oh] / ˈreɪ ʃoʊ, -ʃiˌoʊ /


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Meanwhile, Hermes has a forward price-to-earnings ratio of about 35 times compared with 43.1 times right before the war began.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

Those numbers make for a price/sales ratio of 64, compared with 3.3 for the S&P 500.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The engine suppliers have agreed to change the ratio to 60-40 in favour of the internal combustion engine by 2028 and will do so in two steps.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Individual investors, unlike the pros, are less likely to scrutinize a price-to-earnings ratio, much less a sophisticated cash-flow analysis before clicking “buy,” according to Wall Street veterans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

All other intervals are given by irrational numbers based on the twelfth root of two, not nice numbers that can be written as a ratio of two small whole numbers.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones




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