Not exact matches
I have had the same underperformance in the Euro - Zone over the last 1.5 years (a short period, I know), while those offering the European «
Magic» -
Formula - Screen claim to have made clear double digit
returns....
3) You can follow the
magic formula, and buy stocks that have high
returns on equity and low P / E ratios.
His
Magic Formula Investing filters on high earnings yields and also high
return on capital.
I tested the «
magic formula» from Joel Greenblatt for european companies (MSCI Europe as sample)- the result was: no significant
return difference between the
magic formula und a simple value strategy.
In short,
Magic Formula has slightly better performance with defensive metrics like volatility and drawdawn, but the superior
returns that the Acquirer's Multiple provides proves to be worth it, as encapsulated in metrics like Sharpe Ratio and Calmar Ratio.
I have argued in Deep Value and Quantitative Value that the acquirer's multiple (enterprise value / operating earnings) tends to outperform the better known
Magic Formula although it is only one - half of the
Magic Formula, which also includes
return on invested capital.
The book focuses on a
magic formula which is based on two financial ratios -
Return on capital and Earnings Yield.
He also shows how buying the top 10 % of stocks in the market as ranked by the
magic formula have outperformed the rest of the market and the
returns of each successive group outpeform the lower groups.
Joel Greenblatt has researched on the top stock picks using this
magic formula and found consistent good
returns over long term.
Joel Greenblatt develops a «
magic formula» that uses
return on capital (ROC)(namely, EBIT / Tangible Capital) as a key metric to select quality value stocks.
Joel Greenblatt, another well - regarded value investor,
returned an annualized 40 % between 1985 and 2006 using his «
magic formula».
According to Gray and Carlisle, a portfolio of stocks sorted only on the cheapness metric achieves an astounding
return of 15.95 % a year and outperforms the two - metric
magic formula by more than 2 % per year.
Examination of Gummy's
Magic Sum
formula shows that stock
returns and Safe Withdrawal Rates are intimately connected.
John Mihaljevic presents 9 distinct types of value investment ideas, and how to screen for them: 1) deep value, 2) sum - of - the - parts value, 3) Joel Greenblatt's
Magic Formula, 4) jockey stocks, 5) follow the leaders, 6) small stocks, big
returns, 7) special situations, 8) equity stubs, and 9) international value investments.
By eliminating companies that earn ordinary or poor
returns on capital, the
magic formula starts with a group of companies that have a high
return on capital.
With high
returns on assets and a low P / E it is not surprising that Garmin shows up on Joel Greenblatt's
magic formula investing site for the top 30 companies with a market cap over a billion.
Secondly, the back - tested
returns to the strategy appear to be considerably higher than those for the
Magic Formula.
A while back, I posted a couple articles on
return on invested capital (ROIC) along with some comments on Joel Greenblatt's
Magic Formula.
The point I was trying to make in the paragraph was that, while Profit and Value's
return seems to be higher than the
Magic Formula's, that's only half the story.
You write: «Secondly, the back - tested
returns to the strategy appear to be considerably higher than those for the
Magic Formula.»
The problem with
magic formula companies is that too many of the stocks in the top 50 are value traps whose business models aren't sustainable, and are on the list when the past 12 months is a poor predictor of future
returns.
As a big fan of the
Magic Formula, I have to say I'm secretly hoping that it does have a statistically significant higher average yearly
return than the S&P 500...
It's been a while since I first read Joel Greenblatt's The Little Book That Beats the Market, and was bowled over by his
Magic Formula «s historical
returns versus the S&P 500...
The Joel Greenblatt's
Magic Formula makes several adjust when determining
return on capital (ROC).
The
Magic Formula uses Greenblatt's version of
return on invested capital (ROIC) as a proxy for a stock's quality.
What drives the
returns of the
magic formula?
Joel Greenblatt's
Magic Formula takes a similar ranking approach — ranking stocks on EBIT / Enterprise Value and on
return on capital.
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returns of the later entries in the franchise and the concerted shift from the
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