| Pakistan 1991…2000 | |||||||||||||
| 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | ||||
| P/E RATIO | 23.9 | 21.9 | 27.6 | 23.3 | 15 | 11.7 | 14.8 | 7.6 | 13.2 | ||||
| P/BV | 3.1 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | |||
| DIV YIELD % | 1.9 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 13 | 5.7 | 6.2 | |||
| According to above table (source:Standard and poors emerging market database) pakistan stock market during the period 1991-2000 attained its highest | |||||||||||||
| valuation in the year 1993 measured on the three parameters of pe ratio, price book value ratio and dividend yield. Minimum sample of 50 stocks were taken | |||||||||||||
| each year to arrive at the average values of the three parameters. The market would touch its historical peak based on above valuation measures when the | |||||||||||||
| averages of the market touches the 1993 values. This is a pe multiple of 27.6, p/bv ratio of 4.2, and dividend yield of 1.5%. | |||||||||||||