The PE Volatility tool enables you to compare a company's current P/E, to historic PE's for periods of 1 up to 10 years inclusive as well as to the Market's (XAO) and subject company's Industry Group's current PE's.

Two methods of calculation are provided, ‘Standard’ (unmodified) and ‘Smoothed’ (extremes eliminated - highest /lowest). For periods up to and including 3 years, only the Standard method is available. For 4 or more years both Standard and Smoothed are offered. Upon selecting period and method, the resulting Minimum, Average and Maximum P/E values are displayed in the PE titled column.

To the right of the PE titled column is the Difference titled column. This compares the subject company's current PE to the selected PE's. It quickly and accurately highlights self price to earnings volatility and market variance.

This analysis combined with other considered current and historical fundamental results (e.g. Earnings Stability, Payout Ratios, etc.) can influence the investment desirability factor of a company.