{"id":110917,"date":"2021-11-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=110917"},"modified":"2022-11-21T09:49:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:49:14","slug":"wages-pose-a-threat-to-2022-profit-margins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/wages-pose-a-threat-to-2022-profit-margins\/","title":{"rendered":"Wages Pose a Threat to 2022 Profit Margins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For something we were told would be \u201ctransitory,\u201d&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomtree.com\/blog\/glossary#Inflation\">inflation<\/a>&nbsp;sure is hanging around a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not since the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomtree.com\/blog\/glossary#commodity\">commodities<\/a>&nbsp;supercycle that preceded the global financial crisis has the issue of rising prices at the supermarket and gas station been on so many radars. With the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomtree.com\/blog\/glossary#S-and-P-500-Index\">S&amp;P 500<\/a>&nbsp;now around 4,700&nbsp; and Refinitiv\u2019s consensus estimate for 2021 operating earnings of $208, it is fair to question whether broad market earnings growth can persist in an unwavering&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomtree.com\/strategies\/inflation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inflation environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Street\u2019s S&amp;P 500 earnings projection for&nbsp;<em>next year<\/em>&nbsp;is $222, a 7.8% increase from 2021. To achieve it, S&amp;P component companies will need to pass wage and input cost inflation to end customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus far, much of the discourse has focused on compensation bumps for younger workers, as they tend to work in the low-skilled roles that have experienced wage pressure of late (figure 1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-figure-1-atlanta-fed-wage-growth\"><strong>Figure 1: Atlanta Fed Wage Growth<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/wisdomtree_us_11-11-21_1.png\" alt=\"rowth\" class=\"wp-image-110918 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The big question is whether the age 25\u201354 cohort\u2014workers in their prime earning years\u2014will follow along the pay bump route, an outcome that has not yet appeared.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, not a day goes by that we do not hear about big compensation surges at law firms, for example.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In financial services, news of junior bankers getting salaries bumped up from $85,000 to $110,000 has been making the rounds for months. In the meantime, many analysts are pointing to wage pressures in both the tech and health care sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, the Wall Street consensus is for S&amp;P 500&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomtree.com\/blog\/glossary#profit%20margins\">profit margins<\/a>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>expand<\/em>&nbsp;into next summer, with non-financial net margins in the mid-12% range. For context, margins only broke above 10% in 2017, according to BofA strategists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do companies keep firing on all profitability cylinders if inflation continues to roar? Something may have to give.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For investors crossing their fingers that the supply chain issues will end, alleviating price pressures, there are a few considerations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, about one in every 92 people in this country\u2014including children, retirees and people not in the labor force\u2014was a truck driver in 2019. But in 2020, the industry kicked 40,000\u201360,000 drivers out after launching a database that culled those with drug or alcohol violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Young drivers are hard to come by, especially when they see a potential future of autonomous trucks putting them in the unemployment line. No wonder there is a trucker shortage\u2014and no wonder Wal-Mart is willing to pay $87,500 plus an $8,000 sign-on bonus for newly hired drivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, I\u2019ve posited that the next chapter in \u201c50 Shades of Inflation\u201d is labor action. With workers at agricultural equipment maker John Deere and Hollywood film production lots going on strike, it is not a leap of faith to expect more labor action in 2022 than in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That raises the risk of inflation as a self-fulfilling prophecy: prices go up, so you demand higher wages, so prices go up, so you demand higher wages.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If so, figure 2 comes into focus as a particular issue for corporate earnings prospects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Figure 2: U.S. Labor Costs &amp; Corporate Profits (%&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomtree.com\/blog\/glossary#Gross%20domestic%20product%20(GDP)\">GDP<\/a>)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/wisdomtree_us_11-11-21_2.png\" alt=\"Figure 2: U.S. Labor Costs &amp; Corporate Profits (%\u00a0GDP)\" class=\"wp-image-110919 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally Posted on November 11, 2021 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wisdomtree.com\/blog\/2021-11-11\/wages-pose-a-threat-to-2022-profit-margins\">Wages Pose a Threat to 2022 Profit Margins<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Important Risks Related to this Article<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Past performance is no guarantee of future results and the opinions presented cannot be viewed as an indicator of future performance. Forecasts contained herein are for illustrative purposes only, may be based upon proprietary research and are developed through analysis of historical public data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indexes are unmanaged, do not incur management fees, costs and expenses and cannot be invested in directly. For more information on indexes please see<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are risks associated with investing, including the possible loss of principal. Funds focusing their investments on certain sectors increase their vulnerability to any single economic or regulatory development. This may result in greater share price volatility. Please read the Fund\u2019s prospectus for specific details regarding the Fund\u2019s risk profile.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For something we were told would be \u201ctransitory,\u201d inflation sure is hanging around a long time. 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