Our Valuation perspective note indicates that Equity investing can be looked at from a staggered approach with a minimum horizon of ‘3-5 Yrs’ coupled with ‘Dynamic Asset Allocation Schemes’ that aim to manage equity exposure basis market valuations.

1. Did You Know?
Our ‘VCTS’ framework (Valuations, Cycle, Trigger, Sentiments) is currently indicating that market Valuations
in terms of Price to Earnings (P/E) appears high. In terms of Price to Book Value, compared to Dec-07 highs,
valuations seem relatively reasonable. Business Cycle is at bottom. Future market Triggers would be the
availability of COVID-19 vaccine, pace of earnings recovery & growth sustainability & policies of newly
elected US Govt. Sentiments in terms of flows looks optimistic due to record FPI flows in last month, but in
terms of returns appears neutral. We believe, Equity investing can be looked at from a staggered approach
with a minimum horizon of ‘3-5 Yrs’ coupled with ‘Dynamic Asset Allocation Schemes’ that aim
to manage equity exposure basis market valuations
Parameters ('VCTS' Framework)
December October January
2018
November
2007 2008 2020
‘V'aluations
Trailing P/E Nifty 50 27.62 12.57 27.50 35.66
Trailing P/B Nifty 50 6.39 2.42 3.73 3.67
Market Cap to GDP Ratio 149% 54% 93% 90%
‘C'ycle
Capacity Utilisation 91.7% 75.9% 75.2% 47.3% (Q1FY21)
Credit Growth (YoY as of Nov 6, 2020) 23.3% 28.5% 11.0% 5.7%
‘S'entiments
Net FPI Flows (12 Months trailing in Rs. Cr) 80,915 -52,410 66,210 1,15,583
Nifty 50 Returns:
1 Year 54.8% -51.1% 28.8% 7.6%
2 Year 47.1% -12.2% 20.7% 9.2%
3 Year 43.4% 6.8% 7.8% 8.2%
Nifty 50 EPS growth:
1 Year 20.4% 9.7% 17.0% -12.3%
2 Year 27.9% 18.5% 10.1% -7.6%
3 Year 21.3% 18.8% 2.3% -1.6%
Macro Indicators
IIP (twelve months trailing) 15.58% 3.9% 7.5% 0.2% (Sep 2020)
GDP Growth 9.6% 5.8% 7.2% -7.5% (Q2FY21)
USD/INR 39.27 49.3 63.6 74.04
Brent Crude (USD/Barrel) 93.75 65.3 69.1 47.59
G-Sec Yields
India 7.79% 7.45% 7.43% 5.911%
USA 4.02% 3.95% 2.71% 0.8389%
Time period considered: December 2007 – Markets pre Global Financial Crisis (GFC) (Peak Valuations), October 2008 – Market fall post GFC (Low Valuations), January 2018
– Pre-NBFC & Pre- US-China crisis (Peak Valuations), Nov 2020 –Current Valuations. All data is as of November 30, 2020 unless stated otherwise. Source: NSE, BSE India,
NSDL, Reserve Bank of India, Edelweiss Securities, Kotak Securities, Axis Direct; P/E: Price to Earnings Ratio; P/B: Price to Book Ratio; CAGR: Compound Annualised
Growth Rate; YoY: Year on Year; FPI: Foreign Portfolio Investors; IIP: Index of Industrial Production; GDP: Gross Domestic Product, EPS – Earnings Per Share. Returns & EPS
growth mentioned are in CAGR terms. G-Sec yields are 10 year Govt. Bond Yields (5.79 GS 2030). Current Mcap to GDP ratio is calculated assuming GDP would contract by
1.4% in Q3FY21 on a y-o-y basis from Q3FY20 (Edelweiss Research estimates have been used). Past performance may or may not sustain in future.
VALUATIONS PERSPECTIVE

2. Did You Know?
The „VCTS‟ (Valuations, Cycle, Trigger, Sentiments) framework is a market checklist which can be used to
determine market valuations/conditions for investment at any given point in time. The framework can find
application across asset classes. It aims to navigate markets efficiently by reflecting on various data
points used in the framework.
PE – Price-to-Earnings; PBV – Price to Book Value Ratio; COVID-19 is Coronavirus disease 2019.
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