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Analyzing the analysts: how does consensus moves with profitability

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Resumo:The purpose of this report is to present a quantitative strategy analysis based on the combination of an analyst’s recommendation and a measure of a company’s profitability, the return on equity. It tests how this combination can generate abnormal stock returns. Furthermore, it is also seen how an opposite strategy would perform. Several measures were calculated to evaluate the performance of both strategies. A long-only strategy of reverse IBES and profitability outperform on a risk-adjusted basis the long-only IBES and profitability, with yearly excess returns of 10.49% and a Sharpe ratio of 0.34.
Autores principais:Côdea, Beatriz Maria Pimenta Soares
Assunto:Finance Financial markets Fundamentals U.S stock market Performance analysis
Ano:2023
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:dissertação de mestrado
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Repositório Institucional da UNL
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Resumo:The purpose of this report is to present a quantitative strategy analysis based on the combination of an analyst’s recommendation and a measure of a company’s profitability, the return on equity. It tests how this combination can generate abnormal stock returns. Furthermore, it is also seen how an opposite strategy would perform. Several measures were calculated to evaluate the performance of both strategies. A long-only strategy of reverse IBES and profitability outperform on a risk-adjusted basis the long-only IBES and profitability, with yearly excess returns of 10.49% and a Sharpe ratio of 0.34.