I was able to match the Value Composite Ranking as well as
the Earnings Quality Rank.
Not exact matches
The Magic Formula diverges from Graham's strategy by exchanging for Graham's absolute price and
quality measures (i.e. price - to -
earnings ratio below 10, and debt - to - equity ratio below 50 percent) a
ranking system that seeks those stocks with the best combination of price and
quality more akin to Buffett's value investing philosophy.
In its notes, S&P states this about its
quality grades: «Growth and stability of
earnings and dividends are deemed key elements in establishing S&P Capital IQ's
earnings and dividend
rankings for common stocks, which are designed to capsulize the nature of this record in a single symbol.»
The impact of even a slightly better - than - average
quality teacher — one whose effectiveness
ranks at the 60th percentile, for example — still has significant economic results, raising an individual student's lifetime
earnings by $ 5,300, or a class of 20 students» aggregate lifetime
earnings by a total of $ 106,000.
S&P
Earnings and Dividend
Rankings: The Standard & Poor's Earnings and Dividend Rankings (also known as «quality rankings») score the financial quality of several thousand US stocks from A + through D with data going back
Rankings: The Standard & Poor's
Earnings and Dividend
Rankings (also known as «quality rankings») score the financial quality of several thousand US stocks from A + through D with data going back
Rankings (also known as «
quality rankings») score the financial quality of several thousand US stocks from A + through D with data going back
rankings») score the financial
quality of several thousand US stocks from A + through D with data going back to 1956.
We create a Global Blend
Rank by
ranking our global universe of over 15,000 companies in terms of both their Value (across range of metrics based on dividends,
earnings, cash flow, assets and sales) and
Quality (based on measures of profitability, stability and financial strength).
Capital IQ describes it
quality rankings this way: «Growth and stability of
earnings and dividends are deemed key elements in establishing S&P Capital IQ's
earnings and dividend
rankings for common stocks.»
The team
ranks the stocks in this universe based on a series of growth factors, such as the change in consensus
earnings estimates over time, the company's history of meeting
earnings targets,
earnings quality and improvements on return on equity, as well as a series of value criteria, such as price - to -
earnings ratio and free cash flow relative to enterprise value.
I was able to replicate this article's Value Composite Percentile
Rank and
Earnings Quality Percentile
Rank, but my Financial Strength Percentile
Rank was off by an average of 4.9 percentage points.
Weiss requires that firms have Standard & Poor's
earnings and dividends
quality rankings of A — or better.
In its notes, S&P states this about its
quality grades: «Growth and stability of
earnings and dividends are deemed key elements in establishing S&P Capital IQ's
earnings and dividend
rankings for common stocks, which are designed to capsulize the nature of this record in a single symbol.»
«The growth factor
ranking is based on long - term
earnings growth expectations, while the
quality factor
ranking is based on three year historical averages for return on equity and return on assets,» according to the issuer.
The screen combines the four elements of
quality and value (growth rate, growth
quality, price to 10 year
earnings average and price to 10 year dividend average) and
ranks each eligible stock in the FTSE All - Share (about 200 companies are eligible, i.e. have an unbroken 10 year record of dividend payments).