American energy sector more expensive than European

In terms of their price/earnings ratios the European energy sector are cheaper than the US ones. Per European share investors pay now less the for the expected earnings per share. So it seems the markets expect less growth of them. The European energy sector now trades with a CAPE of 23 and the US' ones trade at 44. The whole sector trades now on a relatively low CAPE-ratio of 14. Shares with the more extreme CAPE-ratios are Isramco, Avista and Otter Tail. Alpiq, Carbo Ceramics are Drax Group PLC Group among the ones with the lower CAPE-ratios.

Lately most stocks of the energy sector hardly moved. Over the past 3 months the sector lost 1 percent. Investors who bought the average share of the sector in 2007 now have a loss of around 4 percent. Since 2012 the sector trades 8 percent higher.

Returns stocks energy sector

The European energy companies now deliver more dividends then the US ones. These in Europe now yield 0,8 percent and these in US 0,2 percent.

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