Investments - Chapter11 Equity Market Valuation
Investments - Chapter11 Equity Market Valuation
Changes in
Political/Regulatory
Structures
Technical Improvements in
Progress and the Division of
Innovation Labor
TFP
THE CHINA ECONOMIC EXPERIENCE
Source: Zheng, Hu, and Bigsten (2009). China’s output elasticity for
capital (α) and output elasticity for labor (1 – α) were both estimated to be
0.5.
QUANTIFYING CHINA’S FUTURE ECONOMIC
GROWTH
Corporate Discounted
Macroeconomic
Cash Flow Cash Flow
Justified
Forecasts
Forecasts Model P/E
USING THE H-MODEL TO ESTIMATE A
JUSTIFIED P/E
The H-model:
D0 N
V0 = (1 + g L ) + ( g S − g L )
r − gL 2
Assumptions:
• Dividend growth declines linearly from rate gS to rate gL
over N years.
• After N years, dividends grow at rate gL into perpetuity.
Industry Analysis
Evaluate domestic and global economic cycles to determine those industries
expected to be top performers in the best-performing equity markets.
Company Analysis
Identify the best stocks in those industries that are expected to be top
performers in the best-performing equity markets.
TYPICAL APPROACH TO BOTTOM-UP
ANALYSIS
Company Analysis
Identify a rationale for why certain stocks should be expected to
outperform, without regard to the prevailing macroeconomic conditions.
Industry Analysis
Aggregate expected returns for stocks within an industry to identify
the industries that are expected to be the best performers.
Market Analysis
Aggregate expected industry returns to identify the expected
returns for every equity market.
EXHIBIT 11-8 STANDARD AND POOR’S
FORECASTS, JULY 2009
Quarter Ending Operating Earnings per Share Operating Earnings per Share Difference
(estimates are bottom-up) (estimates are top-down)
31 Dec 2010 $20.39 $12.50 $7.89
30 Sep 2010 19.11 11.42 7.69
30 Jun 2010 18.00 11.18 6.82
31 Mar 2010 16.59 10.86 5.73
31 Dec 2009 16.25 11.72 4.53
30 Sep 2009 15.05 11.68 3.37
30 Jun 2009 14.06 11.05 3.01
RELATIVE VALUE MODELS
Relative
Value
Models
Earnings- Asset-
Based Based
E1
= y B − d × LTEG
P0
Weighting factor measuring the importance the market assigns to
the earnings projections (average is about 0.10)
Concerns:
1) The risk premium captured by the model is largely a default risk premium
and not the future equity risk premium, which is unobservable.
2) The consensus five-year earnings growth forecast for the S&P 500 from
Thomson Financial may not be sustainable.
3) Evidence suggests that the weighting factor varies significantly over time.
EXHIBIT 11-12 OVERVALUATION (+) AND UNDERVALUATION
(−) OF S&P 500 INDEX VS. FAIR VALUE ESTIMATE USING
YARDENI MODEL WITH D = 0.10
(MONTHLY DATA: JANUARY 1985–DECEMBER 2008)
P/10-YEAR MA(E)
Campbell and Shiller’s (1998, 2005) 10-year Moving
Average Price/Earnings [P/10-year MA(E)] has become a
popular measure of market valuation:
• Numerator of P/10-year MA(E) is the real S&P 500 price
index.
• Denominator is the moving average of the preceding 10
years of real reported earnings.
• Stock index and earnings are adjusted for inflation using
the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
• Purpose of the 10-year moving average of real reported
earnings is to control for business cycle effects on
earnings.
EXHIBIT 11-15 P/10-YEAR MA(E) AND
PREDICTED 10-YEAR REAL PRICE GROWTH
P/10-YEAR MA(E): ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES
Advantages
• Controls for inflation
• Controls for business cycle effects
• Evidence supports a negative
relationship with future equity
returns
Disadvantages
• Changes in accounting methods
may lead to comparison problems
• Current period data may provide
better estimates of value
• Evidence suggests high and low
levels can persist for long time
periods
ASSET-BASED MODELS: TOBIN’S q AND
EQUITY q
Assets at Market Value or Market Value of Equities
Replacement Cost Liabilities Outstanding
28,277.33 12,887.51 9,554.05
Data source: www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/.
Fourth quarter 2008
Disadvantages:
• Difficult to accurately measure
replacement cost for many assets
• Evidence suggests high and low
levels can persist for long time
periods
SUMMARY