World Equity Index Valuations Tables
Comment of the Day

June 08 2012

Commentary by Eoin Treacy

World Equity Index Valuations Tables

Eoin Treacy's view Here is the monthly list of 99 global indices ranked in descending order by dividend yield , then in ascending order by P/E, Price / Book and Price / Cash Flow.

This month's report helps to put the stock market's recent decline into perspective. Turkey, Latvia, Greece, Italy, , Lithuania, Luxembourg, Austria, Portugal, Spain, Russia, Finland, Belgium, Czech Republic, Hungary the Topix 2 nd Section, the Japanese REIT Index, the Jasdaq Index are all trading at below their book value.

One might argue that a number of these countries are particularly exposed to the European crisis or falling commodity prices and therefore deserve a higher risk premium. However, the Russian RTSI currently yields 3.96% with an historic P/E of 4.66. It is currently testing the 2010 and 2011 lows and a sustained move below 1175 would be required to question current scope for a reversionary rally towards the 200-day MA.

(Please note: All data quoted above originates in Bloomberg. We realise that some of the data displayed is inaccurate for some indices, particularly where ADRs are included. However, I have endeavoured to remove those indices which were most problematic. We continue to publish these tables because the data is generally accurate and going forward we will continue to weed-out the less reliable data sets as subscribers highlight them for us. The P/Es quoted by Bloomberg are exclusively based on operating earnings.)

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