PayoutYield · Valuation · Boudoukh et al. (2007)

Payout Yield

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1953Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
6.03%
95% interval 2.10% to 10.15%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
5.97%
95% interval 2.05% to 10.09%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
5.72%
95% interval 1.83% to 9.86%

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

+2,278% since 1953Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1953Q3–2024Q4 5.57% 15.10% 0.37 3.12
2020Q1–2024Q4 11.99% 20.16% 0.59 1.33
2024Q1–2024Q4 18.66% 12.22% 1.53 1.53

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.40 0.14 – 0.68 <0.01
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.38 0.13 – 0.64 <0.01
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.34 0.11 – 0.56 <0.01
Category
Valuation
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Sorted on
High minus low
Names per leg
179 long / 180 short median · 38 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1984–2003