OrgCap · R&D · Eisfeldt and Papanikolaou (2013)

Organizational capital

Long minus short quintile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1951Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per quarter
Next quarter
1.17%
95% interval 0.63% to 1.73%
Next year
1.17%
95% interval 0.62% to 1.73%
Next five years
1.18%
95% interval 0.58% to 1.75%

Cumulative market-adjusted return

+3,413% since 1951Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1951Q3–2024Q4 5.32% 9.57% 0.56 4.77
2020Q1–2024Q4 2.15% 13.16% 0.16 0.37
2024Q1–2024Q4 5.74% 4.22% 1.36 1.36

Forecast Sharpe ratio, per quarter

Horizon Mean 95% interval P(neg)
Next quarter 0.245 0.132 – 0.362 0.00
Next year 0.246 0.129 – 0.362 0.00
Next five years 0.248 0.120 – 0.366 0.00
Category
R&D
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Predicted sign
Positive
Original sample
1970–2008