STMicroelectronics Investors, You Need to Know This

By Harris Dyer • Wednesday, January 18 12:03 • Permanent Link

A strong performer from today's afternoon trading session is STMicroelectronics, whose shares rose 2.3% to $42.71 per share. For those of you thinking about investing in the stock, here is a brief look at the company's fundamentals.

STMicroelectronics N.V., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, manufactures, and sells semiconductor products in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, and the Asia Pacific. The company belongs to the Technology sector, which has an average price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 26.5 and an average price to book (P/B) ratio of 5.57. In contrast, STMicroelectronics has a trailing 12 month P/E ratio of 11.6 and a P/B ratio of 3.5.

STMicroelectronics's PEG ratio is 2.06, which shows that the stock is overvalued in terms of its estimated growth. For reference, a PEG ratio near or below 1 is a potential signal that a company is undervalued.

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