Tech if Iran risk fades — Three Independent Lenses

1. Valuation reset

Tech is now ~20.6x vs S&P 500 ~19.6x 12mth fwd EPS

Less than 1 turn premium (last happened in 2020)

But 12mth fwd earnings growth more than double at ~49% vs 21%.

You’re not paying for growth - Tech is priced like a cyclical.

2. Macro positioning: cleanest beneficiary

Using Quant Insight’s macro risk model, we built an “Iran Dissipation Score”, ranking exposures based on the below:

Continue reading our analysis by downloading the PDF above

Author
Amit Khanna

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