If the value of an investment (i.e., a stock) trades exactly at its intrinsic value, then it's considered fairly valued (within a reasonable margin). However, when an asset trades away from that value, it is then considered undervalued or overvalued.

How do you know if a stock price is overvalued or undervalued?

You can calculate the P/E ratio by dividing the current stock price with the earnings-per-share (EPS) of the business: Whereas earnings per share is the amount of a company's net profit divided by the number of outstanding shares: The higher the P/E ratio, the more overvalued a stock may be.

What does it mean to be overvalued?

Overvalued describes a security for which the market price is considered too high for its fundamentals. Some metrics used to evaluate whether a security is overvalued are: P/E ratio, growth potential, and balance sheet health. The term is the opposite of undervalued.