Mega Brothers Corporation has restaurants in almost $100$ countries while Fast Snack Company is a much newer fast$-$food restaurant company, with restaurants throughout the United States and in several countries. The following data were taken from the companies' December $31,2019,$ annual reports.

Net earnings $($in thousands$)$

Earnings per share

The following data were taken from public stock$-$price quotes:

Stock price per share on the day after each company's earnings were announced.

Required

a$.$ Compute the price$-$earnings ratios for each company.

b$.$ Which company's future performance did the financial markets appear to be more optimistic about?

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Required $A$

Required B

Compute the price$-$earnings ratios for each company. $($Round your answers to the nearest whole number.$)$

$\backslash$table$[[,$Mega Brothers,Fast Snack$],[$Price$-$earnings ratios,times,times$]]$