The P/E of ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc is 2.27
Price to earnings ratio is the ratio of a company’s stock price to the company’s earnings per share calculated over trailing twelve months.
= previous day’s close / ttm EPS
The price to earnings ratio is the most widely used method for determining whether shares are accurately valued in relation to one another. But the P/E ratio does not in itself indicate whether the share is a bargain. The P/E ratio depends on the market’s perception of the risk and future growth in earnings. A company with a low P/E ratio indicates that the market perceives it as a higher risk or a lower growth or both as compared to a company with a higher price to earnings ratio. The P/E ratio of a listed company’s stock is the result of the collective perception of the market as to how risky the company is and what its earnings growth prospects are in relation to that of other companies. Investors use the P/E ratio to compare their own perception of the risk and growth of a company against the market’s collective perception of the risk and growth as reflected in the current P/E ratio.
ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc, an investment holding company, primarily holds investments in the copper mining sector in Zambia. It is involved in the mining and manufacturing of limestone products; manganese, coal, and gold mining; provision of environmental and technical services; real estate activities; and milling and commercial banking business. The company was founded in 1982 is based in Lusaka, Zambia. ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc is a subsidiary of Industrial Development Corporation ltd.