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1/10/2021 BT Insight: Are Sensex, Nifty overvalued?

Here's what metrics show

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BT Insight: Are Sensex, Nifty overvalued?


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The GDP growth fell to 7.5 per cent in the July-September quarter compared to a contraction
of 23.9 per cent in the April-June quarter

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The market is considered in the bull market if the Warren Buffett indicator moves in the range of 70-80 per cent and
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1/10/2021 BT Insight: Are Sensex, Nifty overvalued? Here's what metrics show

The GDP growth fell to 7.5 per cent in the July-September


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quarter compared to a contraction of 23.9 per cent in the April-
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June quarter. The contraction in Q2 may have been slower, but
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the economy has slipped into a technical recession. The
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markets will react to the news on Tuesday. Meanwhile,
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month trailing PE quoted 35.71 on November 26 compared to
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says Deepak Jasani- Head of Retail Research at HDFC


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quarters due to COVID-19, experts say the PE ratio may not be
a correct metric to judge the market valuation. They say
Cyclically Adjusted PE Ratio (CAPE) that takes into account
average earnings of last five to 10 years may give a better
picture.

Introduced by Nobel laureate Robert Shiller, CAPE is also


called Shiller PE ratio. But even this metric is showing
overvaluation. "Market is expensive as per our CAPE model for
the Nifty. At ~26x the market is above 1 standard deviation
(s.d.)and that is a clear sign of overvaluation. CAPE closer to Amrutam cares
the long-term average would indicate fair valuations while
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closer or below -1 s.d. would indicate extreme undervaluation
as was seen during the market crash of 2008 and during the
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Market cap-to-GDP ratio, also called the Warren Buffett
indicator, has been volatile as it moved from 79 per cent in Amrutam
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now (FY21E GDP) - above its long-term average of 75 per cent,


says Motilal Oswal Securities. The market is considered in the
Open
bull market if the Warren Buffett indicator moves in the range
of 70-80 per cent and above.

BEER ratio

Bond Equity Earning Yield (BEER) ratio compares 10-year


government security yield with the earning yield of the stocks
or a stock index. A BEER ratio of 1 means that both equity and
bond market have equal level of perceived riskiness (or both
equity and bond markets are fairly valued). BEER ratio greater
than 1 means that equity market is overvalued, while BEER
ratio smaller than 1 means that equity market is undervalued.

According to Jasani of HDFC Securities, the current BEER


ratio is 1.33 based on one-year forward earnings yield. "The
historical range of BEER ratio in India has been between 1.5
and 0.8. Based on this band, there is scope for either the 10-
year Gsec rate to move up or earnings yield to fall (and hence
P/E ratios to rise)," says Jasani.

Other valuation metrics that one may look into include PEG
(price/earnings to growth) and price-to-book ratio. While PEG
ratio depicts today's earnings and the expected growth rate,

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P/B ratio shows the difference between the market value of a


company's stock and its book value.

What should you do?

It's time for caution. If you have to make fresh investments, you
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"Your decision to book profits will depend on your financial


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reasons; first, if you are approaching a long-term goal for which
the investment needs are to be utilised, and secondly, to
rebalance your asset allocation. Therefore, the right time to
book profits is when you come under such circumstances
otherwise you should not book profits simply because everyone
is selling or the market is at its peak," says Palka Chopra, Story in
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Senior Vice President at Master Capital Services.

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