ShareIss1Y · External financing · Pontiff and Woodgate (2008)

Share issuance (1 year)

Long minus short quintile portfolio, value-weighted, market-adjusted. Quarterly, 1927Q3 to 2024Q4.

Expected return · posterior mean, % per quarter
Next quarter
0.83%
95% interval 0.30% to 1.30%
Next year
0.85%
95% interval 0.32% to 1.32%
Next five years
0.90%
95% interval 0.32% to 1.39%

Cumulative market-adjusted return

+4,668% since 1927Q3 · log scale

Past performance, annualized

Window Mean Vol. Sharpe t
1927Q3–2024Q4 4.30% 8.13% 0.53 5.23
2020Q1–2024Q4 6.08% 12.29% 0.49 1.11
2024Q1–2024Q4 −2.70% 10.51% −0.26 −0.26

Forecast Sharpe ratio, per quarter

Horizon Mean 95% interval P(neg)
Next quarter 0.206 0.075 – 0.320 0.00
Next year 0.210 0.079 – 0.325 0.00
Next five years 0.221 0.079 – 0.343 0.00
Category
External financing
Form
Continuous
Data
Accounting
Predicted sign
Negative
Original sample
1970–2003