NetEquityFinance · External financing · Bradshaw, Richardson, Sloan (2006)

Net equity financing

Long minus short quintile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1972Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per quarter
Next quarter
1.47%
95% interval 0.55% to 2.39%
Next year
1.42%
95% interval 0.55% to 2.31%
Next five years
1.26%
95% interval 0.39% to 2.14%

Cumulative market-adjusted return

+1,170% since 1972Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1972Q3–2024Q4 5.59% 12.15% 0.46 3.33
2020Q1–2024Q4 10.41% 14.63% 0.71 1.59
2024Q1–2024Q4 17.24% 21.52% 0.80 0.80

Forecast Sharpe ratio, per quarter

Horizon Mean 95% interval P(neg)
Next quarter 0.243 0.090 – 0.397 0.00
Next year 0.234 0.090 – 0.382 0.00
Next five years 0.208 0.064 – 0.353 0.00
Category
External financing
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Predicted sign
Negative
Original sample
1971–2000