OrgCap · R&D · Eisfeldt and Papanikolaou (2013)

Organizational capital

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1951Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
6.14%
95% interval 3.51% to 8.84%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
6.12%
95% interval 3.45% to 8.84%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
6.08%
95% interval 3.24% to 8.87%

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

+9,412% since 1951Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1951Q3–2024Q4 6.89% 11.52% 0.60 5.12
2020Q1–2024Q4 4.68% 20.23% 0.23 0.52
2024Q1–2024Q4 10.38% 6.93% 1.50 1.50

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.53 0.30 – 0.76 <0.01
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.52 0.29 – 0.75 <0.01
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.49 0.23 – 0.74 <0.01
Category
R&D
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Sorted on
High minus low
Names per leg
144 long / 146 short median · 27 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1970–2008