I'm well aware of transaction fees; their potential simply does not justify ASICMiner's P/E of 100, especially as their first mover advantage is about to come under fire. The magnitude of the hype around this company is unreal.
How do you come up with a P/E of 100?
P/E = (share price)/(earnings of last 6 months*) = 4 BTC/0.5 BTC -> P/E of 8
*should be "earnings of last 12 months but AM's only been mining for 6 mos.
Correct or no?
P/E is annualized so you should convert the earnings of the past x months to 12 months before computing the P/E.
Still I wanted to see how the person I was responding to computed a P/E of 100. I have a feeling it will be "fun".
In order for AM to have a P/E of 100, share prices would have to be 50 BTC/share. I'm bullish on AM but I don't see that as a possibility
(at least in the near term). EDIT: I can confirm that they've paid 0.50 BTC/share, I've kept record of every single dividend payout since Feb 28.
That would mean a market cap of 50 billion dollars. That doesn't even make sense.. ever..