Implied cost of capital investment strategies: evidence from international stock markets |
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Authors: | Florian Esterer David Schröder |
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Institution: | 1. MainFirst Schweiz AG, Gartenstrasse 32, 8002, Zürich, Switzerland 2. Birkbeck College, University of London, Malet Street, Bloomsbury, London, WC1E 7HX, UK
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Abstract: | Investors can generate excess returns by implementing trading strategies based on publicly available equity analyst forecasts. This paper captures the information provided by analysts by the implied cost of capital (ICC), the internal rate of return that equates a firm’s share price to the present value of analysts’ earnings forecasts. We find that U.S. stocks with a high ICC outperform low ICC stocks on average by 6.0 % per year. This spread is significant when controlling the investment returns for their risk exposure as proxied by standard pricing models. Further analysis across the world’s largest equity markets validates these results. |
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