DivSeason · Payout indicator · Hartzmark and Salomon (2013)

Dividend seasonality

Long minus short portfolio using the original paper's sort and weighting, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1926Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per quarter
Next quarter
0.53%
95% interval 0.42% to 0.62%
Next year
0.54%
95% interval 0.41% to 0.65%
Next five years
0.57%
95% interval 0.36% to 0.76%

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

+2,747% since 1926Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1926Q3–2024Q4 3.45% 2.79% 1.24 12.28
2020Q1–2024Q4 1.33% 1.94% 0.69 1.53
2024Q1–2024Q4 1.51% 0.96% 1.57 1.57

Forecast Sharpe ratio, per quarter

Horizon Mean 95% interval P(neg)
Next quarter 0.394 0.318 – 0.459 0.00
Next year 0.397 0.302 – 0.481 0.00
Next five years 0.412 0.256 – 0.548 0.00
Category
Payout indicator
Form
Discrete
Data
Event
Predicted sign
Positive
Original sample
1927–2011