Price$-$Earnings Ratio; Dividend Yield

The table that follows shows the stock price, earnings per share, and dividends per share for three companies for a recent year:

a$.$ Determine the price$-$earnings ratio and dividend yield for the three companies. Round to one decimal place. If an amount should be zero, enter in $"0".$

b$.$ Explain the differences in these ratios across the three companies by completing the following:

price$-$earnings ratio of the three companies.