Stock Ratios Calculator

Calculate price-to-earnings, price-to-sales, price-to-book, dividend yield, and payout ratio from share price and per-share inputs.

Smoke mascot comparing $18 stock price, $1.20 EPS, $9.50 sales per share, $2.60 book value per share, $0.45 dividend, 15x P/E, 1.89x P/S, 6.92x P/B, 2.5% yield, and 37.5% payout cards.
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Market-ratio checkP/E, P/S, P/B, yieldExample inputsTab-only history
Price-to-earnings ratio15x

$18.00 price / $1.20 EPS

Price-to-sales
1.8947368421x
Price-to-book
6.9230769231x
Dividend yield
2.5%
Payout ratio
37.5%

Stock ratios need matching per-share data, trailing versus forward EPS context, dividend history, debt checks, accounting quality, and industry context before anyone treats them as useful.

Formula steps

  1. Divide stock price by earnings per share for P/E.
  2. Divide stock price by sales per share for price-to-sales.
  3. Divide stock price by book value per share for price-to-book.
  4. Divide dividend per share by stock price for dividend yield.
  5. Divide dividend per share by EPS for payout ratio.

Examples

Recent answers

Recent stock ratio checks will appear here.

Stock ratio checks stay in this tab. They do not judge growth quality, debt risk, accounting quality, dividend safety, market timing, taxes, fees, portfolio fit, or investment quality.

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How to use the Stock Ratios Calculator

  1. Enter the stock price you want to compare.
  2. Enter EPS, sales per share, and book value per share from the same reporting context when possible.
  3. Enter annual dividend per share, or 0 if the stock does not pay one.
  4. Calculate, then compare P/E, P/S, P/B, dividend yield, and payout ratio as separate clues.

What people use it for

Calculate common stock valuation ratios from per-share numbers.

Compare P/E, price-to-sales, and price-to-book side by side.

Estimate dividend yield and payout ratio.

Learn what each ratio is measuring before researching a stock deeper.

Quick examples

Dividend stock

$18 price, $1.20 EPS, $9.50 sales/share, $2.60 book/share, $0.45 dividend

15x P/E, 1.89x P/S, 6.92x P/B, 2.5% yield, and 37.5% payout

Growth stock

$75 price, $2.50 EPS, $18 sales/share, $8 book/share, no dividend

30x P/E, 4.17x P/S, 9.38x P/B, and 0% dividend yield

Value check

$32 price, $4 EPS, $45 sales/share, $21 book/share, $1.20 dividend

8x P/E, 0.71x P/S, 1.52x P/B, 3.75% yield, and 30% payout

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Frequently asked questions

Plain-language answers about when to use the estimate, what your numbers mean, what is left out, and how privacy works.

When should I use the Stock Ratios Calculator?

Use it when you want to test the exact inputs on this page: Calculate common stock valuation ratios from per-share numbers. Compare P/E, price-to-sales, and price-to-book side by side. The result is a check against your assumptions, not proof that a lender, tax app, broker, platform, or provider will use the same number.

What do the main Stock Ratios Calculator inputs mean?

Stock price means the share price you want to compare with earnings, sales, book value, and dividends. EPS, sales per share, and book value per share means per-share fundamentals used as denominators for valuation ratios. Dividend per share means annual dividend per share used for dividend yield and payout ratio.

What is the Stock Ratios Calculator doing with my numbers?

In plain language: The calculator divides stock price by EPS for P/E, by sales per share for P/S, and by book value per share for P/B. It divides annual dividend per share by stock price for dividend yield, then divides dividend per share by EPS for payout ratio. Use per-share numbers from the same reporting period when possible. Check whether EPS is trailing or forward, whether dividends are annualized, and whether book value per share already reflects recent buybacks or share-count changes.

How should I read the Stock Ratios Calculator answer?

P/E says how many dollars of price sit on each dollar of EPS. P/S compares price with sales per share. P/B compares market price with accounting book value. Dividend yield compares dividend with price, while payout ratio compares dividend with EPS.

What does this estimate leave out?

This does not include future growth, analyst estimates, debt risk, accounting quality, share dilution, dividend cuts, buybacks, industry norms, taxes, trading fees, portfolio fit, or investment advice. Use full filings, earnings notes, cash-flow reports, debt ratios, profit ratios, dividend history, share-count notes, industry comparisons, and personal risk limits before treating a stock ratio as useful.

What should I double-check before copying the result?

Double-check EPS type, share splits, stale prices, special dividends, missing dividends, negative EPS, and whether the company changed its share count or balance sheet after the numbers you entered.

What does P/E mean?

P/E means price-to-earnings. A P/E of 15x means the stock price is 15 times the earnings per share entered. It is a comparison tool, not a yes-or-no investment answer.

Why does this calculator require positive EPS?

A normal P/E ratio is easiest to understand when earnings per share are positive. If EPS is zero or negative, the P/E ratio usually needs extra explanation instead of a simple calculator number.

What is the difference between dividend yield and payout ratio?

Dividend yield compares the annual dividend with the share price. Payout ratio compares the same dividend with EPS. A stock can have a high yield because the dividend is large, because the price fell, or because the market expects trouble.

Why can price-to-book be misleading?

Book value comes from accounting records. It may miss brand value, software, debt risk, old asset values, buybacks, or write-down risk. P/B is a clue, not a full valuation.

Does the site save my finance inputs?

No. The calculator runs in your browser tab. Recent answers stay only on the page while you use it, and they are not sent to a server.

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