fgr5yrLag · Earnings forecast · La Porta (1996)

Long-term EPS forecast

Long minus short decile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1982Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per year, averaged over the window
Next quarter
2026Q4
8.28%
95% interval 1.77% to 14.66%
Next year
2026Q4–2027Q3
8.25%
95% interval 1.71% to 14.67%
Next five years
2026Q4–2031Q3
8.09%
95% interval 1.41% 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

+1,555% since 1982Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1982Q3–2024Q4 9.12% 22.76% 0.40 2.61
2020Q1–2024Q4 19.30% 35.67% 0.54 1.21
2024Q1–2024Q4 14.24% 36.31% 0.39 0.39

Forecast Sharpe ratio, annualized

Window Mean 95% interval P(neg)
2026Q4 0.36 0.08 – 0.65 0.01
2026Q4–2027Q3 0.36 0.07 – 0.63 0.01
2026Q4–2031Q3 0.33 0.06 – 0.61 0.01
Category
Earnings forecast
Form
Continuous
Data
Analyst
Sorted on
Low minus high
Names per leg
166.5 long / 177 short median · 91 at the 10th pctile
Original sample
1983–1990