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Since the market conditions are down, I am considering on investing a little money in stocks, and holding them long-term.

I would like to see which stocks are 'on sale' and am looking at the P/E ratios to determine this. However, I don't know where I can find historical P/E ratios for a specific company.

For example, I see that AAPL is priced at $97.34 today with a P/E of 10.34...however, how do I know if this P/E is high or low in regards to it's historical average?

Kamilski81
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The mathematics site, WolframAlpha, provides such data.

Here is a link to historic p/e data for Apple.

You can chart other companies simply by typing "p/e code" into the search box. For example, "p/e XOM" will give you historic p/e data for Exxon. A drop-down list box allows you to select a reporting period : 2 years, 5 years, 10 years, all data. Below the chart you can read the minimum, maximum, and average p/e for the reporting period in addition to the dates on which the minimum and maximum were applicable.

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