Price Earnings Ratio and Stock Return Analysis (Evidence from Liquidity 45 Stocks Listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange)

Abstract: Stocks with low PE ratio are perceived as having cheaper current price hence expected to generate higher return in subsequent period. This paper aimed to examine stocks with high PE Ratio  followed  by  low  stocks  return  and  on  the  contrary.  Using  stocks  which  are  included  as member  of  Liquidity  45  in  period  2005-2010  as  samples  Results  showed  that  there  is  signifi-cance difference between low PE and high PE portfolio stock return in short term (holding pe-riod of six months) but there is no significance difference if they are hold for one, two, three, and four  years. This research  also  finds that there is  no significant relationship between  stock return and trailing PE Ratio.
Keywords: Price to earnings ratio, stock selection, stocks return
Penulis: Liem Pei Fun and Sautma Ronni Basana
Kode Jurnal: jpmanajemengg120032

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