S&P 500 Average PE

Key Points

• Their is no way to tell if we are having a recession by PE.

• The P/E spikes after a recession happen because they are still on the old earnings with a way lower price. So after earnings they should change.

• Stocks and Recession sometimes don't really match all that well.

• In the Early 1900's we had a lot more recession and way bigger recessions.

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/blake.hilton/viz/SP500PEs/SP500AveragePE1?publish=yes

Filters

• Data is from 1913 (World War 1) to 2022

• Only marked Recessions that effected the economy by 3%.

• Clicking the Tableau Public link below because it makes it easier to look at

• 
  

Data Source

• https://www.multpl.com/s-p-500-pe-ratio/table/by-year for P/E's

• https://second-renaissance.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_recessions_in_the_United_States for Recessions