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For frontier tech companies that are not yet profitable, with a small revenue base but extremely fast growth, the price-to-earnings ratio (P/E) often becomes ineffective or negative, and investors turn to metrics such as the price-to-sales ratio (P/S) and enterprise value multiple (EV/Revenue).
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