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Part $1$

$($Related to Checkpoint$4\mathrm{.}4)($Analyzing market$$ value$)$ GreeneGreene$,$Inc$.\text{'}$s balance sheet indicates that the book value of$$ stockholders' equity$($book value per share times $\backslash$times total shares$$ outstanding$)$ is $$$$748$ comma $900748,900.$ The$$ firm's earnings per share are $$$$2\mathrm{.}792\mathrm{.}79,$ which produces a$$ price$-$earnings ratio of $12\mathrm{.}3212\mathrm{.}32.$ If there are $54$ comma $00054,000$ shares of common stock$$ outstanding, what is the$$ firm's market$-$to$-$book ratio$($i$.$e$.,$ the ratio of price per share to book value per$$ share$)?$ What does the$$ market$-$to$-$book ratio tell$$ us$?$