history of P/E , earning and yield

**yppsilence** Wed Mar 02, 2005 3:40 pm

history of P/E , earning and yield
Hi, blast:
When I read books written by Peter Lynch, in the diagram, there are three lines, the first one is the history line of price, the second one is the history line of P/E, the third is the history line of earning. The first price line is very common, we could get it anywhere. However, where did Peter get the last two lines?
Meanwhile, but I don't know where to find the history of yield. You know, sometimes, the company changes its yield a lot, even stop it.
Thank you very much.

ypp

**blast_investor** Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:07 pm

I do not know.

Peter Lynch worked for Fidelity Fund. Fidelity is biggest mutual fund company in USA, I would assume Mr. Lynch can get those historical data easily from in-house research Dept or from other institutions.

This is part that individual does not have as much as tools or research resource as big guys. Data fees may not be cheap even if it is available.

However, things have changed so much since Peter Lynch retired. Lots data right now can be purchased for small amount fee.

By the way, if you are willing to do homework, you can plot that kind chart by yourself.

Here is how you can get same chart:

First, you use long term stock price chart, Bigchart is good for that (see link page in BlastInvest home page).

Then, you read all the annual report of SEC filings (10K) from SEC web site. From the SEC filing, you can calculate PE using the numbers in 10K filings: numbers of shares, Net Income, etc.

It will be quite bit of work, but that is homework that would pay off.

**yppsilence** Wed Mar 02, 2005 4:27 pm

Thank you
Maybe this is the good way for our individuals, anyway, it cost you nothing, but time.

**glennyb** Thu Dec 01, 2005 3:16 pm

bigcharts.com has some good interactive charting, I believe yield is one of the possible options to follow.