Agnostic Fundamental Analysis Works

56 Pages Posted: 7 Oct 2015 Last revised: 30 Aug 2021

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Söhnke M. Bartram

University of Warwick; Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)

Mark Grinblatt

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) - Finance Area; Yale University - International Center for Finance; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Date Written: October 7, 2015

Abstract

To assess stock market informational efficiency with minimal data snooping, we take the view of a statistician with little knowledge of finance. The statistician uses techniques like least squares to estimate peer-implied fair values from the market values of replicating portfolios with the same accounting statements as the company being valued. Divergence of a company’s peer-implied value estimate from its market value represents mispricing, motivating a convergence trade that earns risk-adjusted returns of up to 10% per year and is economically significant for both large and small cap firms. The rate of convergence decays to zero over the subsequent 34 months.

Keywords: Valuation, asset pricing, market efficiency, fundamental analysis, Point-in-Time, Theil-Sen

JEL Classification: G11, G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Bartram, Söhnke M. and Grinblatt, Mark, Agnostic Fundamental Analysis Works (October 7, 2015). Journal of Financial Economics, Vol. 128 (1), April 2018, 125–147., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2670839 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2670839

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