Sunday, October 28, 2012

PE Ratios and Dividends Around The World

According to FactSet, the country with the lowest PE ratio is Russia at 5.22 times, while Mexico has the highest PE at 26.90 times. The PE ratio in the U.S. is about 15.20 times. In addition to Russia, Italy and New Zealand are the only countries with single digit PE ratios, while Mexico has the only PE ratio above 20. India's stock market has a dividend yield of 1.33 percent, while Spain's average dividend yield is 8.43 percent. By way of comparison, the average dividend yield on U.S. stocks is 2.18 percent.