Swiss (SMI) Real Estate Sector Analysis

Sector Valuation and Performance

Has the Swiss Real Estate Sector valuation changed over the past few years?

Current Industry PE: Investors are relatively neutral on the industry at the moment, considering it's trading close to its 3-year average PE ratio of 14.5x. However, future earnings are expected to decline by 17% which could potentially cause the PE ratio to fall below its historical average.

Past Earnings Growth: The earnings for companies in the Real Estate industry have grown 20% per year over the last three years, while revenues have remained mostly flat. This means that companies overall are more efficiently conducting business since profits are increasing while sales have been flat.

Industry Trends

Which industries have driven the changes within the Swiss Real Estate sector?

Industry PE: Investors are most optimistic about the Real Estate industry even though it's trading below its 3-year average PE ratio of 14.5x. However analysts are expecting annual earnings decline of 17%, which is lower than the prior year's growth of 41% per year. So the market might believe that analysts are underestimating future growth or they expect the Real Estate industry's earnings to deteriorate the least compared to other industries.

Forecasted Growth: Despite it being negative, analysts are least pessimistic on the Real Estate industry since they expect its earnings to decline by only 17% per year over the next 5 years, which isn't as bad as the other industries. However, this is a reversal from its past annual earnings growth rate of 41% per year.

Top Stock Gainers and Losers

Which companies have driven the market over the last 7 days?