The 52-week high, q-theory, and the cross section of stock returns

Thomas J. George; Chuan Yang Hwang; Yuan Li

doi:10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.01.005

The 52-week high, q-theory, and the cross section of stock returns

Thomas J. George^*, Chuan Yang Hwang, Yuan Li

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Department of Economics and Business Economics

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The Hou et al. (2015) q-factor model outperforms other factor models in capturing the price-to-high (PTH, the ratio of current price to 52-week high price) anomaly; that is, high-PTH stocks earn high future returns. PTH's relations with future profitability and future investment growth are both significantly positive, and they mirror PTH's relation with future returns in the cross section and by time horizons. Incorporating the information about future investment growth contained in price level variables (e.g., PTH) helps the q factors to capture better those anomalies rooted in future investment growth. Together, these results suggest that the PTH anomaly is consistent with the investment capital asset pricing model.

Original language	English
Journal	Journal of Financial Economics
Volume	128
Issue	1
Pages (from-to)	148-163
Number of pages	16
ISSN	0304-405X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfineco.2018.01.005
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2018

Keywords

52-week high
Anomalies
Investment growth
Profitability
q-factor model

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