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Phantom enterprises' shares are trading at a price of $50 per share. We know that Phantom's Price-Earnings ratio is 20x and the number of shares outstanding amounts to 10 million. Estimate what Phantom's earnings?
a. | $2.5 million | |
b. | $25.0 million | |
c. | $10.0 million | |
d. | $100.0 million |
The earnings is computed as shown below:
= (Price per share / PE ratio) x Number of shares outstanding
= ($ 50 / 20x) x 10 million
= $ 25.0 million