As you can see below,
these forward valuation multiples make the stock look attractive compared to the kind of multiples it's traded at in recent years.
Not exact matches
Finally, looking at
valuation, European banks traded at a material discount to tangible book value, one standard deviation3 below their historic
forward price - earnings
multiple, and near a 20 - year low relative to global banking peers as the year came to a close.4 We are also finding select financial sector values in Asia, in both mature, under - earning banking markets like South Korea and Singapore, as well as underpenetrated, growth - oriented markets like China (particularly in insurance) and India (particularly in banking).
Additionally, we think of value as a
forward - looking concept, as opposed to a static or backward - looking
valuation multiple.
As a side note, we're quite aware of the seemingly «reasonable»
valuation of the market, on the basis of the
forward operating earnings estimates of Wall Street analysts, at least on the basis of simplistic «price /
forward earnings»
multiples.
Rather than rely on past averages to forecast future returns, we use a building - block approach that adds current yield, likely long - term growth in income, and some mean reversion in
valuation multiples to create
forward - looking returns.
or «Will
valuation multiples expand or contract going
forward?».
That's because when stocks have high
multiples and tight spreads, there's little upside in holding them (future return has been brought
forward to today) but there's lots of downside due to their equity
valuations tendency to mean revert.
Given the company's diverse business lines, projected better environment for financials over the next twelve months and low
valuations the market
multiple could easily improve to a conservative 12 times
forward earnings.
At 13 times
forward earnings, Apple already suffers from the lowest relative
valuations within the cohort, and is even lower than the greater S&P 500's
multiple of 17 times, so any
multiple expansion would be welcomed.
1343 Cryptos, Half A Trillion Dollars Data from Coinmarketcap, which currently tracks Bitcoin and 1342 altcoins in circulation, shows the leap
forward in market
valuation as
multiple cryptocurrencies continue to reach new highs of their own.