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Gold, a precious metal, mostly appears in alloys and only rarely in its pure form. Because of its physical properties, it is resistant to air, moisture, heat and many solvents. Gold also has a high ...

A price multiple is any ratio that uses the share price of a company in conjunction with some specific per-share financial metric for a valuation measure.