One interesting analysis shows that if you bought Apple stock in 2009, Apple's earnings per share had equaled what you paid for that share of stock after only t

One interesting analysis shows that if you bought Apple stock in 2009, Apple's earnings per share had equaled what you paid for that share of stock after only three years. http://www.asymco.com/2012/10/12/what-is-apples-realized-pe-ratio/ http://www.asymco.com/2012/10/12/what-is-apples-realized-pe-... Yet the stock's PE ratio was still remarkably low in that period, fluctuating in the 10 to 20 range.