James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Relative value is a method of determining an asset's worth that takes into account the value of similar assets.

Relative valuation—using simple metrics to compare a firm’s value to its peers—is a cornerstone of financial decision-making. If a company earns $2 billion in profit, and if similar firms trade at 15 ...

The price-earnings (P/E) ratio, or earnings multiple, is one of the most popular measures of company value. It is computed by dividing the current stock price by earnings per share (EPS) for the most ...