Company Price per Share Earnings per Share
Salem Salvage $26.49 $2.19
Portsmouth Metal Recycling $14.51 $3.94
Hampshire Reclamation $161.25 $16.02
Newport Recycling $123.75 $14.25

Given the current price and earnings per share given, evaluate which of the companies will be the most beneficial to short.

Select the best answer from the choices provided.
Salem Salvage
Portsmouth Metal Recycling
Hampshire Reclamation
Newport Recycling

Question

Company	Price per Share	Earnings per Share
Salem Salvage	$26.49	$2.19
Portsmouth Metal Recycling	$14.51	$3.94
Hampshire Reclamation	$161.25	$16.02
Newport Recycling	$123.75	$14.25


Given the current price and earnings per share given, evaluate which of the companies will be the most beneficial to short.


Select the best answer from the choices provided.
Salem Salvage
Portsmouth Metal Recycling
Hampshire Reclamation
Newport Recycling

anonymous · Answer

@sylbot

anonymous · Answer

Hmm... idk this one. Are the earnings usually paid as dividends? Then you'd have to pay to short it because you are effectively "borrowing" someone elses share so you'd need to pay the dividends they would have gotten.

anonymous · Answer

ill check in to it

anonymous · Answer

I'd say take the ratios between all of them and find the smallest one, because thats the lowest payment for shorting.

anonymous · Answer

alright

anonymous · Answer

Doing that calculation I got Salem salvage

anonymous · Answer

@sylbot  Alright ill pick that one.. check the other one