Gavekal Capital: What do Peak Valuations of the Last 15 Years Look Like?

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

What do Peak Valuations of the Last 15 Years Look Like?

We've been highlighting recently the current seemingly excessive level of stock valuations (here, here & here), so we thought it only fitting to dig a little deeper into the puzzle. Below we show pictures of the five sectors of the world stock market whose median constituent Price/Sales ratio is furthest above the average since 1999.

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And here is the full list of world stock sectors and the median stock's Price/Sales ratio relative to the long-term average. Out of 30 sectors, there are only 6 in which the median stock is trading at a lower than average multiple (the sectors in green at the bottom of the table).  And unfortunately, most of those sectors only have a few constituents, so the picking is slim.

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