Sunday, January 21, 2007

Investing in 2007 - asset class comparison update

In the article a couple of weeks back, we compared various asset classes and nted the P/E ratios of various funds. Vanguard has finally released the information of their ETFs as of 12/31/06 and the information released by Vanguard is different from what we have noted in this blog. So, in this article, we will go and update the P/E ratios as noted by Vanguard. For the international segment, Vanguard hasnt published information on these ratios.

Large Value

VTV - P/E of 14.7x, P/B of 2.3x, earning growth of 15.6% and ROE of 18.4%

Large Blend

VV - P/E of 17.4x, P/B of 2.9x, earning growth of 18.8% and ROE of 18.8%
VTI - P/E of 17.9x, P/B of 2.9x, earning growth of 18.5% and ROE of 17.9%

Large Growth

VUG - P/E of 21.5x, P/B of 3.9x, earning growth of 22.6% and ROE of 19.1%.

Mid Cap Value:

VOE - P/E of 16.4, P/B of 2.0x, earning growth of 13.2% and ROE of 13.2%

Mid Cap Blend:

VO - P/E of 19.1x, P/B of 2.7x, earning growth of 17.8% and ROE of 15.5%

Mid Cap Growth:

VOT - P/E of 23, P/B of 3.9x, earning growth of 23.2% and ROE of 17.6%.

Small Cap Value:

VBR - P/E of 18.9, P/B of 1.9x, earning growth of 10.5% and ROE of 10.5%.

Small Cap Blend:

VB - P/E of 22.4, P/B of 2.4x, ROE of 11.7% and earning growth of 15.7%.

Small Cap Growth:

VBK - P/E of 27.6, P/B of 3.5x, ROE of 12.8% and earning growth of 23.4%.











3 comments:

Anonymous said...

So what does it mean, in terms of your analysis for acceptable values for these values. Any comments :)

Anonymous said...

Ideally one should buy the cheapest assets - looks like value is still cheap (comparatively) and for a long term ( >3 years ) investor will still provide better value.

Anonymous said...

Ideally one should buy the cheapest assets - looks like value is still cheap (comparatively) and for a long term ( >3 years ) investor will still provide better value.