EBM · Valuation · Penman, Richardson and Tuna (2007)

Enterprise component of BM

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1962Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
1.50%
95% interval −0.71% to 3.71%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
1.49%
95% interval −0.72% to 3.72%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
1.48%
95% interval −0.79% to 3.76%

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

+114% since 1962Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1962Q3–2024Q4 1.66% 9.41% 0.18 1.40
2020Q1–2024Q4 2.46% 12.06% 0.20 0.46
2024Q1–2024Q4 5.33% 7.14% 0.75 0.75

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.16 −0.07 – 0.39 0.09
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.16 −0.08 – 0.39 0.09
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.15 −0.08 – 0.39 0.10
Category
Valuation
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Sorted on
High minus low
Names per leg
291.5 long / 291 short median · 135.8 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1963–2001