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An analyst is spreading comparable companies and notices that Peer A has a P/E of 15x and Peer B has a P/E of 20x.

If Peer A has higher debt-to-equity leverage than Peer B, what might this suggest about the P/E multiple?

  1. Peer B has higher Enterprise Value
  2. P/E is leverage-neutral
  3. Peer A is objectively cheaper
  4. P/E can be distorted by capital structure

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