Relative P/E Ratio

Relative P/E Ratio

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  Companies traded as ADRs are excluded
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  Companies traded on the OTC market are excluded
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  For the current year (Y0), at least three analysts should have given a forecast for revenue
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  Current earnings estimates for the current year (Y0) are greater than those from one month ago
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  There are more upward revisions than downward revisions to current year (Y0) earnings estimates
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  At least one upward revision to the current year’s (Y0) earnings estimates
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  Earnings estimates for the next year (Y1) are greater than the forecasts made a month ago.
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  There are more upward revisions than downward revisions to next year’s (Y1) earnings estimates
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  At least one upward revision to next year’s (Y1) revenue forecasts
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  Relative P/E valuation as a percentage of current share price is less than or equal to 100%.
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  Average P/E ratio for each of the last 5 years should be less than or equal to 10