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Please confirm my understanding. "earnings grows faster than p/e multiple": the earnings of the company or the stock are increasing or accelerating, and the share price is not catching up with this reality. Vice versa, "p/e multiple grows faster than earnings" : the share price (P) is growing faster than the earnings per share (EPS) wich are declining or stagnating, so that price are not reflecting this reality. Thank you very much

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Trying to understand your question exactly.

Valuation via PE is some type of premium for the underlying earnings that the market is expecting. So a stock could have a huge run up via valuations and then later have earnings realize which brings the PE back down.

So it’s about decomposing what the market is pricing exactly.

I wouldn’t think about it as the stock not reflecting reality. I would think about it as the market is taking a view on a specific future reality.

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