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.
Not exact matches
The Quality and Price strategy, like the
Magic Formula, seeks to differentiate between stocks by equally weighting the quality and price
metrics.
We want to know whether there are other, more predictive price and quality
metrics than those used by
Magic Formula and Quality and Price.
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.
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.
From 1974 to 2011, that
metric outperforms the
Magic Formula by 2.01 %.
Carlisle dissects Joel Greenblatt's
magic formula explaining in detail why it works so well, but also why it is not a perfect valuation
metric.
We want to know whether there are other, more predictive price and quality
metrics than those used by
Magic Formula and Quality and Price.