Sentences with phrase «recent peak earnings»

And if recent peak earnings don't represent the true current earnings power of the index, the price to earnings figures may be overstating the attractiveness of their valuations.

Not exact matches

John Lynch, chief investment strategist for LPL Financial, wrote in a recent note to clients: «EARNINGS PEAK?

Compared to the recent record high peak set in April 2014 ($ 2,295 per week), average earnings are down nearly 10 per cent.

The reason the S&P 500's recent performance looks so good is that earnings cratered for six quarters (stretching from that peak in late 2014 to early 2016), thanks to a collapse in oil prices that pushed earnings for energy giants deeply into the red.

Analysts are a bit concerned that margins are peaking even though earnings may go up due to the recent tax reform.»

The historical 6 % peak - to - peak growth rate of S&P 500 earnings is very robust - it holds for the most recent decades, and for the past century.

Likewise, Aqua America (WTR) saw its return on invested capital peak at 4.74 % in the most recent trailing twelve month period, and trades at 18.3 times forward earnings estimates.

And the recent extremes in the median price - earnings ratios (P / E) and median price - sales ratios (P / S) actually went beyond the peaks hit in 2000 and in 2007.

Thanks to unusually high debt levels and unusually low labor compensation in recent years, the earnings peak in 2007 was based on profit margins that were about 50 % above the historical average, and which have now collapsed.