Actually..it would be very useful if it had the values you'd expect, the lowest p/e and the highest p/e, whether positive or negative.
--- In [email protected], "garylyb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > I've looked into these before, market calculates those numbers > monthly, and only if the companies aearnings are positive. If the > company has a negative quarter, it need 5 years of profits from > there in order to calculate the number. > > It's not a very usefull field, I should just drop it. > > Gary > > > --- In [email protected], "investor0329" <mb0329@> > wrote: > > > > I just started using the QP_HighPE and QP_LowPE Excel functions > > thinking they would be useful in identifying low priced stocks but > i > > see problems with these.. > > > > For exampe.. > > > > ticker: HBIO which QP has data for since 12/7/2000.... > > The current p/e is given as 20. The QP_LowPE function yields > > 5.19, however, the QP_HighPE function yields 0.00 !! Why is this? > > There has to be a high pe is there is a low pe..even if it is the > > current p/e and the current p/e is higher than the low p/e..so > this > > makes zero sense to me. > > > > Also, there are lots of cases where the current p/e is negative yet > > the low p/e is given as 0. > > > > And of course, most stocks have a 0 for both low and high > p/e...not > > too useful. > > > > Please advise. > > > > Thx. > > >
