DivOmit · Payout indicator · Michaely, Thaler and Womack (1995)

Dividend Omission

Long minus short portfolio using the original paper's sort and weighting, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1928Q1 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per quarter
Next quarter
1.65%
95% interval 0.72% to 2.58%
Next year
1.63%
95% interval 0.72% to 2.56%
Next five years
1.59%
95% interval 0.68% to 2.52%

OAP publishes no uniform quintile or decile portfolios for this signal, so only the paper's original portfolio convention is shown.

Cumulative market-adjusted return

+12,707% since 1928Q1 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1928Q1–2024Q4 6.81% 17.68% 0.39 3.68
2020Q1–2024Q4 11.76% 22.30% 0.53 1.18
2024Q1–2024Q4 14.50% 14.54% 1.00 1.00

Forecast Sharpe ratio, per quarter

Horizon Mean 95% interval P(neg)
Next quarter 0.186 0.081 – 0.292 0.00
Next year 0.185 0.081 – 0.289 0.00
Next five years 0.180 0.077 – 0.285 0.00
Category
Payout indicator
Form
Discrete
Data
Event
Predicted sign
Negative
Original sample
1964–1988