Long-Term Shareholder Returns: Evidence from 64,000 Global Stocks

Financial Analysts Journal, Forthcoming

89 Pages Posted: 14 Oct 2020 Last revised: 7 Mar 2023

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Hendrik Bessembinder

W.P. Carey School of Business

Te-Feng Chen

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Goeun Choi

Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business

K.C. John Wei

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

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Date Written: March 6, 2023

Abstract

We study long-run shareholder outcomes for over 64,000 global common stocks during the January 1990 to December 2020 period. We document that the majority, 55.2% of U.S. stocks and 57.4% of non-U.S. stocks, underperform one-month U.S. Treasury bills in terms of compound returns over the full sample. Focusing on aggregate shareholder outcomes, we find that the top-performing 2.4% of firms account for all of the $US 75.7 trillion in net global stock market wealth creation from 1990 to December 2020. Outside the US, 1.41% of firms account for the $US 30.7 trillion in net wealth creation.

Suggested Citation

Bessembinder, Hendrik (Hank) and Chen, Te-Feng and Choi, Goeun and Wei, Kuo-Chiang (John), Long-Term Shareholder Returns: Evidence from 64,000 Global Stocks (March 6, 2023). Financial Analysts Journal, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3710251 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3710251

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Te-Feng Chen

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Goeun Choi

Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business ( email )

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Kuo-Chiang (John) Wei

Hong Kong Polytechnic University ( email )

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