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5.      Betty Black’s investment club wants to buy the stock of either NewSoft Inc. or Capital Corp. In this connection, Black has prepared the following table. You have been asked      to help her interpret the data, based on your forecast for a healthy economy and a strong market over the next 12   months.
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NewSoft  Inc. |
Capital  Corp. |
S& PÂ 500 Index |
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Current price |
$30 |
$32 |
n/a |
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Industry |
Computer Software |
Capital Goods |
n/a |
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P/E ratio (current) |
25× |
14× |
16× |
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P/E ratio (5-year avg.) |
27× |
16× |
16× |
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P/B ratio (current) |
10× |
3× |
3× |
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P/B ratio (5-year avg.) |
12× |
4× |
2× |
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Beta |
1.5 |
1.1 |
1.0 |
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Dividend yield |
0.3% |
2.7% |
2.8% |
NewSoft’s shares have higher price/earnings (P/E) and price/book (P/B) ratios than those of Capital Corp. Identify and briefly discuss three reasons why the disparity in ratios may not indicate that NewSoft’s shares are overvalued relative to the shares of Capital Corp. Answer the question in terms of the two ratios, and assume that there have been no ex- traordinary events affecting either  company.
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