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The PEG ratio divides a company's price-to-earnings ratio by its expected earnings growth rate. It exists because P/E alone cannot compare a slow grower with a fast one. On 8 September 2026 the Nifty Bank traded at a P/E of 13.51 and the Nifty Midcap Select at 31.98.
Book value per share is a company's net assets divided by its shares outstanding, taken from the balance sheet rather than from the market. Comparing it to the share price gives the price-to-book ratio. On 8 September 2026 the Nifty Bank traded at a P/B of 1.71 and the Nifty Midcap Select at 4.42.
EPS is earnings per share, a company's profit divided by its share count. It is the figure sitting underneath every price-to-earnings ratio, and the reason a P/E moves. The Nifty 50 closed at 23,779.15 on 7 September 2026 against a published P/E of 20.10.
Nifty BeES is an exchange traded fund listed on NSE under the ticker NIFTYBEES, whose stated underlying is the Nifty 50 index. Running since 28 December 2001, it is benchmarked against the Nifty 50 TRI and carried a total expense ratio of 0.04% as on 11 September 2026. It was the most heavily traded of the 14 Nifty 50 ETFs on NSE on 7 September 2026.