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Country P/B Z-Score: China, Indonesia and Turkey Are 'Cheap'

EMERGING MARKETS
  • In this chart, we compute the z-score of the P/B ratios for all the major EM equity markets using 5.5 years of data (starting January 2016) and then rank them from 'cheapest' to 'most expensive' based on the distance between the minimum value and the current z-score.
  • Interestingly, Russian equities, with a current P/B ratio of 1.15, appear as the most 'expensive' looking at 5.5 years of data.
  • On the other hand, Indonesian equities are the second cheapest market after China.
  • With a current P/B ratio of 2.2, Indonesian equities are currently trading at a 27% premium over MSCI EM (with a current P/B of 1.73).
  • As expected, Turkish equities appear as the third cheapest equity market among the EM world.

Source: Bloomberg/MNI

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