The table below shows the stock price, earnings per share, and dividends per share for three companies

Question:

The table below shows the stock price, earnings per share, and dividends per share for three companies as of October 2007:

(a) Determine the price-earnings ratio and dividend yield for the three companies. Round to one decimal place(b) Explain the differences in these ratios across the threecompanies.

Dividend Yield
Dividend yield refers to a stock's annual dividend payments to shareholders, expressed as a percentage of the stock's current price. The dividend per share that a company pays divided by the share price. This is reported on the financial statements...