In value stock analysis, most investors use the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio to search for lucrative stocks. However, there are other ratios that an investor can consider like the price-to-sales ratio (P/S) and price-to-book (P/B) ratio. The P/S ratio is simply price divided by sales. One of the reasons the P/S ratio is a better choice is that it looks at sales rather than earnings. However, the P/B ratio, though used less often, is also an easy-to-use valuation tool for identifying low-priced stocks with ...