Stock Market Briefing: S&P 500/400/600 Relative Fundamentals

Stock Market Briefing: S&P 500/400/600

Relative Fundamentals

Yardeni Research, Inc.

December 6, 2023

Dr. Edward Yardeni

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Table Of Contents Table Of Contents

S&P 500/400/600: Price Indexes

3

S&P 500/400/600: Forward Revenues

4

S&P 500/400/600: Forward Earnings

5

S&P 500/400/600: Forward P/E

6

S&P 500/400/600: Forward P/Sales

7

S&P 500/400/600: Forward Profit Margin

8

S&P 500/400/600: Forward PEG Ratio

9

S&P 500/400/600: LTEG and STEG

10

S&P 500/400/600: Y/Y % Change Relative P/E and Price

11

S&P 500/400/600: Y/Y % Change Relative Fwd EPS and Price 12

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S&P 500/400/600: Price Indexes

Figure 1.

5750

4950 S&P 500/400/600 STOCK PRICE INDEXES

4150

(daily, ratio scale)

3350

2550

1750

950

5750 4950 12/5 4150 3350 2550 1750

950

S&P Stock Price Indexes S&P 500 (4567.18) S&P 400 (2610.62) S&P 600 (1201.66)



150

150

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Source: Standard & Poor's.

Figure 2.

4.5

9

PRICE INDEX: S&P 500 RELATIVE TO S&P 400 and S&P 600*

(weekly)

4.0

8

S&P 500 relative to S&P 400

3.5

7

S&P 500 relative to S&P 600

3.0

6

2.5

5

2.0

4

12/1

1.5

3



1.0

2

91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Source: Standard & Poor's Corporation and Haver Analytics.

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S&P 500/400/600: Forward Revenues

Figure 3.

2375

2075 S&P 500/400/600 FORWARD REVENUES (dollars per share, ratio scale)

1775

1475

1175

Dec 875

11/30

2375 2075 1775 1475 1175

875

575

575

Forward Revenues* S&P 500 LargeCap (1891) S&P 400 MidCap (2230) S&P 600 SmallCap (1365)



275

275

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

* Time-weighted average of consensus estimates for current year and next year. Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

Figure 4.

120

120

FORWARD REVENUES: S&P 500 RELATIVE TO S&P 400 and S&P 600*

(weekly, indexed to 100 at beginning of data series on 1/15/2004)

110

110

S&P 500 relative to S&P 400

S&P 500 relative to S&P 600

100

100

90

90

80

80

70

70

11/30

60

60



50

50

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

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S&P 500/400/600: Forward Earnings

Figure 5.

290

250 S&P 500/400/600 FORWARD EARNINGS

210

(dollars per share, ratio scale)

170

130

90

50

290

11/30

250

210

170

130

90

50

Forward Earnings* S&P 500 LargeCap (243.83) S&P 400 MidCap (189.40) S&P 600 SmallCap (91.34)



10

10

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

* Time-weighted average of consensus estimates for current year and next year. Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

Figure 6.

110

110

FORWARD EARNINGS: S&P 500 RELATIVE TO S&P 400 and S&P 600*

(weekly, indexed to 100 at beginning of data series on 1/21/1999)

100

100

S&P 500 relative to S&P 400

S&P 500 relative to S&P 600

90

90

80

80

70

70

60

60

11/30

50

50



40

40

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

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S&P 500/400/600: Forward P/E

Figure 7.

28

28

FORWARD P/E RATIOS FOR S&P INDEXES*

26

(weekly)

26

24

24

S&P 500 LargeCap (18.8)

22

S&P 400 MidCap (13.9)

22

S&P 600 SmallCap (13.2)

20

20

12/1

18

18

16

16

14

14

12

12

10

10



8

8

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

* Price divided by 52-week forward consensus expected operating earnings per share. Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

Figure 8.

1.7

1.7

FORWARD P/E RATIO: S&P 500 RELATIVE TO S&P 400 and S&P 600*

(weekly)

1.6

1.6

1.5

S&P 500 relative to S&P 400

1.5

S&P 500 relative to S&P 600

1.4

1.4

12/1

1.3

1.3

1.2

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.0

1.0

.9

.9

.8

.8



.7

.7

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

* Price divided by 52-week forward consensus expected operating earnings per share. Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

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S&P 500/400/600: Forward P/Sales

Figure 9.

3.0

FORWARD P/SALES RATIOS FOR S&P STOCK PRICE INDEXES*

2.8 (weekly)

S&P 500 LargeCap (2.41)

2.6

S&P 400 MidCap (1.14)

S&P 600 SmallCap (0.86) 2.4

3.0

2.8

2.6

11/30

2.4

2.2

2.2

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0

.8

.8

.6

.6



.4

.4

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

* Price divided by 52-week forward consensus expected revenues per share. Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

Figure 10.

3.2

3.2

FORWARD P/SALES RATIO: S&P 500 RELATIVE TO S&P 400 and S&P 600*

3.0 (weekly)

3.0

2.8

2.8

S&P 500 relative to S&P 400

2.6

S&P 500 relative to S&P 600

2.6

2.4

2.4

2.2

2.2

11/30

2.0

2.0

1.8

1.8

1.6

1.6

1.4

1.4

1.2

1.2

1.0

1.0



.8

.8

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

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S&P 500/400/600: Forward Profit Margin

Figure 11.

14

FORWARD PROFIT MARGIN: S&P 500/400/600 13 (using analysts' average earnings and revenues forecasts)

S&P 500 LargeCap (12.7)

12

S&P 400 MidCap (8.1)

11

S&P 600 SmallCap (6.2)

14 13 11/30 12 11

10

10

9

9

8

8

7

7

6

6

5

5

4

4

3

3



2

2

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

* Time-weighted average of the consensus estimates for current year and next year. Monthly through December 2005, weekly thereafter. Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

Figure 12.

3.75

3.75

FORWARD PROFIT MARGIN: S&P 500 RELATIVE TO S&P 400 and S&P 600*

(using analysts' average earnings and revenues forecasts)

3.50

3.50

3.25

S&P 500 relative to S&P 400

3.25

S&P 500 relative to S&P 600

3.00

3.00

2.75

2.75

2.50

2.50

2.25

2.25

2.00

2.00

1.75

1.75

11/30

1.50

1.50



1.25

1.25

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

* Time-weighted average of the consensus estimates for current year and next year. Monthly through December 2005, weekly thereafter. Source: I/B/E/S data by Refinitiv.

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