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7. Valuation by Comparables. Valuation by comparables worked much better for some of the companies in Table 7.3 than for others. Update the table using data from Yahoo! Finance. Do you still find that valuation by comparables works well or badly for the same companies? (LO7-2) TABLE 7.3 Market-to-book- value ratios and price-earnings ratios for selected companies and their principal competitors November 2015 Market-to-Book-Value Ratio Price-Earnings Ratio Industry 2.2 4.7 4.2 5.5 3.2 3.7 5.4 Industry FedEx Johnson &Johnson Campbell Soup PepsiCo Walmart Dow Chemical Amazon McDonald's American Electric Power General Electric Company 3.0 3.9 10.9 10.6 2.4 2.9 24.9 12.5 1.5 2.7 Company 13.2 15.8 17.6 20.4 14.0 14.7 116.8 21.4 14.8 19.8 20.7 18.1 20.0 23.9 21.5 12.5 26.5 22.2 16.5 14.7 1.7 3.1 Figures are median values for companies in the same industry 7. Valuation by Comparables. Valuation by comparables worked much better for some of the companies in Table 7.3 than for others. Update the table using data from Yahoo! Finance. Do you still find that valuation by comparables works well or badly for the same companies? (LO7-2) TABLE 7.3 Market-to-book- value ratios and price-earnings ratios for selected companies and their principal competitors November 2015 Market-to-Book-Value Ratio Price-Earnings Ratio Industry 2.2 4.7 4.2 5.5 3.2 3.7 5.4 Industry FedEx Johnson &Johnson Campbell Soup PepsiCo Walmart Dow Chemical Amazon McDonald's American Electric Power General Electric Company 3.0 3.9 10.9 10.6 2.4 2.9 24.9 12.5 1.5 2.7 Company 13.2 15.8 17.6 20.4 14.0 14.7 116.8 21.4 14.8 19.8 20.7 18.1 20.0 23.9 21.5 12.5 26.5 22.2 16.5 14.7 1.7 3.1 Figures are median values for companies in the same industry

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