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Noaidiyesterday at 6:28 PM1 replyview on HN

Of course they would! If the P/E of a company is 1.1 it is overvalued by definition so why would anyone buy an over valued company?

So you have to be a complete idiot to but stock in a company with a P/E of 500!


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darth_aardvarkyesterday at 6:43 PM

> Of course they would! If the P/E of a company is 1.1 it is overvalued by definition so why would anyone buy an over valued company?

This is obviously untrue. Would you sell a box that spits out $1 million dollars a year for 1 million dollars?

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