AnnouncementReturn · Earnings event · Chan, Jegadeesh and Lakonishok (1996)

Earnings announcement return

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1971Q4 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
11.38%
95% interval 8.27% to 14.67%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
11.32%
95% interval 8.09% to 14.69%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
11.08%
95% interval 7.24% to 14.75%

Forecast made 16 Sep 2026, conditioning on this portfolio's OAP returns, which end 2024Q4. The 7 quarters between then and 2026Q4 are unobserved and are integrated out under the model.

Cumulative market-adjusted return

+120,080% since 1971Q4 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1971Q4–2024Q4 14.19% 11.61% 1.22 8.92
2020Q1–2024Q4 13.90% 14.06% 0.99 2.21
2024Q1–2024Q4 27.76% 18.36% 1.51 1.51

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.98 0.72 – 1.26 0.00
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.94 0.65 – 1.26 0.00
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.79 0.43 – 1.25 0.00
Category
Earnings event
Form
Continuous
Data
Price
Sorted on
High minus low
Names per leg
470 long / 468 short median · 238 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1977–1992