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how do you calculate the p/e ratio by industry?
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you could sum the p/e ratio of all the companies in the industry and divide it by the number of companies to find the average p/e ratio of the industry.  average p/e ratio of industry  = sum of p/e ratio of all companies in   industry / number of companies in industry
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