NEW YORK: US stock valuations are tumbling in the wake of the coronavirus-fuelled market rout, but determining when equities are cheap enough to buy is a tricky proposition.
The S&P 500’s price-to-earnings ratio, based on earnings estimates for the next year, has dropped from over 19 in late February to 14.2 as of last Wednesday, according to Refinitiv data.
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