[1] Market Valuation: At P/EBIT of 20.1, S&P 500 trading at a more expensive price compared to 19.6 for Capex Cycle Stocks
Market ValuationCapex Cycle StocksS&P 500vs S&P 500As of 1/24/2022 Price To Sales Ratio (P/S)-18.6-Price To OpInc Ratio (P/EBIT)-20.1-Price To Earnings Ratio (PE)-62.9-
[2] Growth & Profits: Considering the valuation, the market appears to be rewarding higher growth and demonstrated profit generation ability of S&P 500 - S&P 500: better revenue growth --> 19.3% last Q (qoq), 34.8% last Q (yoy), 15% LTM, and 3.5% annually in last 3 FY - In comparison, Capex Cycle Stocks: 3.3%, 29.4%, 12.3%, and 0.3% respectively, during the same periods - Similarly, S&P 500: greater profit generation promise --> 12.7% average margin, 4.1% average margin expansion, and 69.8% cash flow - The corresponding values for Capex Cycle Stocks stand at 17.3%, 2.1%, and 18.9%Note: Average margin is based on average of last Q, LTM, and last 3 FY, while margin change is based on last Q margin vs 3Y average
Growth & ProfitCapex Cycle StocksS&P 500vs S&P 500 As of 1/24/2022 Revenue GrowthLast Q Growth (QoQ)---Last Q Growth (YoY)---LTM Growth-0%-Last 3 Fiscal Year CAGR--- ProfitabilityLast Q OpInc Margin-16.4%-LTM OpInc Margin-9.4%-Last 3 Fiscal Year Average-12.3%-LTM FCF Margin-69.8%-
[3] Financial Risk: Then, is the market ignoring risk to S&P 500? Likely as there is apparent higher risk for S&P 500 vs Capex Cycle Stocks - Capex Cycle Stocks: better debt position, with debt as % of equity of 10.7% vs 24.7% for S&P 500 - Capex Cycle Stocks: more cash cushion, with cash as % of assets of 15.8% vs 9.9% for S&P 500
Financial RiskCapex Cycle StocksS&P 500vs S&P 500 As of 1/24/2022Debt as % of Equity-24.7%-Cash as % of Assets-9.9%-
[4] Market Returns: What about market returns of Capex Cycle Stocks vs S&P 500? - Capex Cycle Stocks: higher average annualized return of 17.7% vs 10.5% for S&P 500 based on key market periods - These key market periods include, year-to-date, pre-covid to now, and 3 years prior to covid
Precovid date is taken as end of Feb 2020
Notes:
[1] Q = quarter, LTM = last twelve months, FY = fiscal years, yoy = year-on-year, qoq = quarter-on-quarter
[2] Revenue growth decision is made by giving more weightage to long-term revenue growth (3-year average) and lesser weightage to quarterly growths
[3] Margin mentioned is average of last Q, LTM, and last 3 FY; margin increase is average of increase in last Q vs LTM and increase in last Q vs 3-FY average