Assessing Mobile TeleSystems’s Performance Compared to Its Peers
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Mobile TeleSystems and its peers
The PE (price-to-earnings) ratios of Mobile TeleSystems (MBT), Orange (ORAN), Ericsson (ERIC), and Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri (TKC) were 10.2x, 46.8x, 25.0x, and 15.0x, respectively, as of November 17, 2015.
Meanwhile, the PBV (price-to-book value) ratios of Mobile TeleSystems, Orange, Ericsson, Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri, and VimpelCom (VIP) were 3.0x, 1.5x, 1.9x, 1.9x, and 1.1x, respectively.
According to the findings above, peers have outperformed Mobile TeleSystems based on PE. However, Mobile TeleSystems is ahead of its peers based on PBV.
ETFs that invest in Mobile TeleSystems
The Market Vectors Russia ETF (RSX) invests 4.5% of its holdings in Mobile TeleSystems. The ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted and selected index of Russian companies.
The iShares MSCI Russia Capped ETF (ERUS) invests 3.4% of its holdings in Mobile TeleSystems. The ETF is a market-cap-weighted index of securities listed on Russian stock exchanges.
The SPDR S&P Russia ETF (RBL) invests 3.0% of its holdings in Mobile TeleSystems. The ETF tracks the S&P Russia Capped BMI Index, a market-cap-weighted index of publicly traded stocks domiciled in Russia.
Comparing Mobile TeleSystems and its ETFs
Now, let’s look at a comparison of Mobile TeleSystems and ETFs that invest in it:
The year-to-date price movements of Mobile TeleSystems, RSX, ERUS, and RBL are 7.8%, 14.4%, 11.8%, and 12.1%, respectively.
The PE ratios of Mobile TeleSystems, RSX, ERUS, and RBL are 10.2x, 7.1x, 8.3x, and 8.7x, respectively.
The PBV ratios of Mobile TeleSystems, RSX, ERUS, and RBL are 3.0x,0.75x, 0.54x, and 0.57x, respectively.
According to the above, ETFs have outperformed Mobile TeleSystems based on price movement. However, Mobile TeleSystems is ahead of its ETFs based on PE and PBV.
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