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:

PriceEarnings per ShareDividends per Share

Deere & Company (DE)$103.04 $4.83 $2.40

Alphabet (GOOG)792.45 20.91 0.00

The Coca-Cola Company (KO)178.85 1.51 1.40

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".

Price-Earnings RatioDividend Yield

Deere & Company%

Alphabet%

The Coca-Cola Company%

b. Explain the differences in these ratios across the three companies by completing the following: Deere & Company has the price-earnings ratio, and is expected to produce shareholder returns through . Coca-Cola has a dividend yield and price-earnings ratio. Alphabet pays dividend and, thus, has dividend yield. Alphabet has a price-earnings ratio.