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Investors have developed and used a range of investment strategies to generate a higherreturn than the overall market. Among these strategies, value and growth investing aretwo strategies that have become especially popular within the investment community.The difference between the two strategies originates from their differing perspectives onvalue ratios, where growth investors search for stocks with higher ratios on metrics likeprice-to-earnings (P/E) and price-to-book (P/B), called growth stocks, while valueinvestors seek stocks with lower ratios, called value stocks. The main purpose of thisstudy is to determine whether value or growth stocks provide a superior risk-adjustedreturn to offer investors an updated insight on portfolio allocation. The secondary purposeis to capture how resilient or sensitive the two types of stocks are to market volatility, toidentify characteristics that make certain compositions of stocks more effective duringdifferent periods. The sample consists of firms included in the S&P 500 index and thestocks are classified into value or growth stocks using the P/E ratio and the P/B ratio.Tests are performed each year between 2012 and 2023 to see how they perform, and withthe Sharpe ratio we are able to compare the two stock types based on their risk-adjustedreturn. Early research on value and growth investing came to the same conclusion, that valuestocks give a higher return than growth stocks, which has been the general view on thetwo strategies. More recent studies have identified a potential shift in the previous view,with indications that growth stocks perform better, and in recent years, firms in the techoriented business have seen high ratios, but at the same time they have generated highreturns. The empirical results show that during the time period studied, growth stocksoutperform value stocks in some years, value stocks outperform growth stocks in others,and in some, no statistical difference between the two is found. Over the whole period,from 2012 to 2023, we find that growth stocks have provided a higher risk-adjusted returncompared to value stocks, aligning with the most recent studies and challenging theprevious view that value stocks perform better. During volatile times, in this studyidentified as 2020 to 2022 during the Covid-19 crisis, the empirical result show that involatile market conditions, value stock perform better and is the better alternative for riskadjusted return.

Bakgrund: Något som många privatpersoner upplever svårt, är att välja aktier att investera i bland de tusentals som finns noterade på  aktiemarknader runt om i världen. Enbart på Stockholmsbörsen i Sverige finns det enligt Nasdaq OMX (2010) 288 stycken noterade aktier att välja mellan på huvudlistorna. En investerare har idag även tillgång till mycket information om företagen vilket bidrar till att det blir svårt att sortera bort vad som är oviktigt. Då målet för många investerare är att slå index är det intressant att titta på investeringsstrategier som kan tänkas slå index på längre sikt. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att undersöka investeringsstrategier på Stockholmsbörsen baserade på nyckeltalen P/E-talet, P/S-talet, P/BV-talet och direktavkastning. Detta för att komma fram till om det är det möjligt att generera överavkastning genom att följa någon eller några av dessa och om det visar sig stämma, komma fram till vilket eller vilka nyckeltal som är att föredra. Metod: Studien bygger på en kvantitativ metod där fyra nyckeltal har undersökts. Resultat: Studiens resultat visar på att det är möjligt att generera överavkastning gentemot index genom att följa en investeringsstrategi baserad på de studerade nyckeltalen. Av strategier som ingår i studien var det de baserade på värdebolag som överlag genererade den högsta avkastningen, både före och efter justering för risk. Därigenom visar studien på att investera i värdebolag gentemot tillväxtbolag är att föredra. Resultatet av studien ger också tecken på att den svenska aktiemarknaden inte är fullt effektiv utan att det förmodligen finns ett inslag av irrationalitet på den. / Background: Something that many individuals finds difficult, is to choose which shares they should invest in among the thousands of listed stocks on stock markets around the world. Only on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in Sweden, there are according to Nasdaq OMX (2010) 288 stocks listed to choose from on the main lists. An investor nowadays also has access to an amount of information about companies that makes it difficult to sort out what is important and not. With the aim of many investors being to beat the index, it is interesting to look at investment strategies that may beat the index over the long term. Aim: The purpose of this study is to study investment strategies on the Stockholm Stock Exchange based on the following financial ratios P/E ratio, P/S ratio, P/BV ratio and dividend yield. This is to investigate if it is possible to generate excess returns by following any of these and if it proves corrects, to choose which of these ratios are preferable to use as investment strategy. Methodology: The study is based on a quantitative method in which four financial ratios were examined. Results: The results show that it is possible to generate abnormal returns exceeding that of index by adopting an investment strategy based on the studied ratios. Of the studied strategies those based on value stocks generally generated the highest returns, both before and after adjustment for risk. This study shows that an investment in value stocks is preferable to one in growth stocks. The result of this study also provides evidence that the Swedish stock market may not be fully efficient and probably is affected by irrationality.

A high return is a driving factor for most investors. The ways to reach success are many and different investment strategies on how to earn high returns have been discussed for decades. Value stocks (low P/E ratios) and growth stocks (high P/E ratios) are two strategies among the investment area with different and contrary results on which strategy can give the highest possible return. However, studies of the P/E effect have shown different results the last years compared to previous findings of a value premium for low P/E stocks, with trends of a higher return for growth stocks compared to value stocks. This led us to the research question “Does a portfolio of growth stocks present a higher return than a portfolio with value stocks on the Swedish and Norwegian stock markets?”. The problem that the study aims to answer is therefore if a portfolio of growth stocks provides a higher return than a portfolio of value stocks between the years 2001-2021. The long timespan will give us the opportunity to evaluate the stock markets during both booms and busts. Our study is made on historical data on the Swedish and the Norwegian stock markets since we found a lack of previous research in these countries within the research area. To fulfil the purpose of the study and to answer the research question, a quantitative method is used with historical data provided from Eikon (Thomson Reuters DataStream) where firms are sorted on the P/E ratios and after that growth and value portfolios are created. We will present both the actual return as well as a risk adjusted return for the stocks. The risk adjusted returns are conducted by using the financial measurements Sharpe ratio and Jensen’s alpha. The result of the study shows that on a 5 % significance level, growth stocks presented a higher actual return than value stocks for both Sweden and Norway. The same evidence was found for the returns for growth stocks compared to market index. Though, when testing the risk adjusted returns, the null hypothesis could not be rejected, which implies that a statistical difference between the portfolios could not be found.

A consensus exists in the body of academic literature that stocks with high BE/ME characteristics outperform stocks with low BE/ME characteristics. Researchers disagree, however, as to the cause of the phenomenon. Two competing theories have emerged. The value premium originates either from the relative riskiness of high BE/ME value and low BE/ME growth stocks or from the persistent irrational pricing of those stocks. Market participants question whether the long lineage of academic research showing the existence of the value premium can actually be applied to their portfolio decision-making. The lack of a pervasive value premium across stock size strata suggests the return phenomenon may result from information asymmetry or trading noise, and not from the pricing of greater risk. The value premium appears to be exclusively available to market participants who can effectively navigate the smallest, most illiquid segment of the stock market. In other words, the value premium does not appear to be available to large institutional investors.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:25:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Sergio de Bona.pdf: 464852 bytes, checksum: d485200ef19b70fdccd333d296f27448 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-13 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / The Brazilian economy has experienced significant structural changes that have caused the Central Bank of Brazil to reduce interest rates. In addition to maintaining inflation rate close to target for the country it has contributed to the reduction of risks premiums. In this context of low interest rates and risks, evaluation and study of value (high book-to-market ratio) and growth (low book-to-market) type stock portfolios may represent a decisive factor in achieving superior financial returns. As discussed and researched in international markets, we analyzed in the Brazilian market if value stock portfolios have higher returns than growth type when maintained for long term, on a one-year basis. Faced with this prospect, this study analyzed and compared, based on the methodology proposed by Fama and French (1992, 1993), the performance of value and growth type portfolios built from the stocks that comprise the IBrX-50 of the São Paulo Stock Exchange, for the period from 2003 to 2011. For the statistical analysis of the portfolio s returns we used the three-factor pricing model: the market risk (beta), as defined by CAPM, the company size, measured by the market value of the stocks and the book-to-market index, represented by the ratio between the company s books and the market value of equity. The results demonstrated that investments in the value type portfolios in Brazil during this period have provided higher returns than investments in growth type, confirming also the perspective and results from Fama and French s (1992) analysis and published studies in international markets and Brazilian market. This confirmation may result in investment opportunities for investors and financial players on the market. / A economia brasileira tem apresentado mudanças estruturais significativas que tem determinado de parte do Banco Central do Brasil a redução das taxas de juros. Adicionalmente a manutenção da taxa de inflação próxima da meta estabelecida para o país tem contribuído para a redução dos prêmios de risco. Neste contexto de baixos juros e riscos, a avaliação e estudo das carteiras compostas por ações do tipo valor (alta relação livro-mercado) e crescimento (baixa relação livro-mercado) pode representar um fator decisivo para obtenção de retornos financeiros superiores. Assim como analisado e pesquisado em mercados internacionais, buscou-se analisar no mercado brasileiro se as carteiras compostas por ações do tipo valor apresentam retornos maiores do que as do tipo crescimento quando mantidas no longo prazo por períodos de um ano. Diante de tal perspectiva, este estudo analisou e comparou, com base na metodologia proposta por Fama e French (1992, 1993) o desempenho de carteiras do tipo valor e crescimento formadas a partir das ações que compõem o índice IBrX-50 da Bolsa de Valores de São Paulo, tomando como base o período de 2003 a 2011. Para a análise estatística dos retornos das carteiras utilizou-se o modelo de três fatores: o risco mercado (beta), conforme definido no CAPM; o tamanho da empresa, medido pelo valor de mercado das ações e o índice book-to-market, que representa a relação entre o valor contábil e o valor de mercado do patrimônio líquido. O resultado foi que os investimentos em carteiras do tipo valor no Brasil, durante este período, incorreram em retornos superiores aos investimentos em carteiras do tipo crescimento, confirmando assim a perspectiva e resultados de análise realizada por Fama e French (1992) e de outros estudos realizados tanto para os mercados internacionais quanto para o mercado brasileiro. Esta confirmação pode resultar em oportunidades de investimentos aos investidores e agentes financeiros do mercado.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Muitos estudos buscam tentar prever o retorno potencial sobre portfólios de ações, com intuito de obter melhor rentabilidade sobre o capital aplicado. Diversas modelagens já foram utilizadas, sendo que as mais conhecidas são as que relacionam o risco com o retorno. Nesta linha destacam-se a Teoria de Carteiras proposta por Markowitz, e o CAPM de Sharpe. Através destas teorias entende-se a questão da influência da covariância dos retornos e que para um melhor desempenho de uma carteira, não é suficiente avaliar cada ativo individualmente. Por outro lado, diversas críticas em relação ao CAPM, vêm ensejando estudos complementares na busca de outras variáveis que melhorem os métodos de seleção de ativos. Fama e French (1993) fizeram um estudo com variáveis complementares em relação ao beta do CAPM, utilizando o tamanho e a relação Book to Market, conseguindo resultados melhores que o CAPM tradicional. O presente estudo leva em conta a questão do reinvestimento do lucro gerado e utilizando o modelo de Gordon propõe uma variável de classificação de empresas de crescimento e empresas valor, conceito já utilizado na literatura de finanças.Com base nesta variável montam-se carteiras de ações entre os anos de 2005 e 2012 e observa-se que é possível obter ganhos com a lógica proposta. Ao longo do período seria possível obter com as carteiras selecionadas ganhos de até 107,85% contra os retornos de 55,58% das carteiras com todos os ativos. Organizamos os mesmos ativos pela ótica da relação Book to Market as quais obtiveram retorno total do período de 90,42%. Apesar de notar uma mudança clara de comportamento, onde apenas nos quatro primeiros anos do estudo as carteiras com empresas value são superiores e nos quatro últimos períodos as carteiras de empresas growth são as melhores. Estes resultados são compatíveis com os resultados de Braga e Leal (2000), e Mescolin, Martinelli Braga e da Costa Jr. (1997), verificando um melhor desempenho para as empresas value. / Many studies have tried to predict the potential return on stock portfolios, aiming to get better return on invested capital. Several modeling have been used, and the more popular are those that relate the risk with the return. In this area, stand out the Portfolio Theory proposed by Markowitz and the CAPM proposed by Sharpe. Through these theories can be understood the influence of the covariance of returns, and for a best performance of a portfolio, is not enough to assess each individual asset. On the other hand, many criticism of the CAPM, have generating additional studies in search of other variables to improve the methods of selection of assets. Fama and French (1993) conducted a study with additional variables in relation to the CAPM beta, using the size and the relationship Book to Market, achieving better results than the traditional CAPM. This study considers the issue of the generated profit reinvestment, and using the model of Gordon proposes a classification variable for growth companies and value companies, which are concepts already used in finance literature. Based on this variable are set up stock portfolios between the years 2005 and 2012 and it is observed that it is possible to get earnings with the logic proposed. Over the period could be obtained with the selected portfolios up to 107.85% gains against the returns of 55.58% of the complete portfolio with all assets. We organize the same stocks from the perspective of the relationship Book to Market which had a total return of 90.42% on the whole period. Although observed a clear change of behavior, where only the first four years of the study portfolios with value companies are superior and the last four years portfolios of growth companies are the best. These results are consistent with the results of Braga and Leal (2000), and Mescolin Martinelli Braga and Costa Jr. (1997), watching a better performance for value companies.

År 2007-2008 inträffade finanskrisen vilket skapade oro på den finansiella marknaden. Oron återspeglades i antalet svenska aktieägare som minskade successivt fram till år 2014. Därefter fram till idag visar statistiken att svenska aktieägare blir fler för varje år som går. En förklaring är för att digitaliseringen har skapat enklare lösningar för privatpersoner att börja spara i aktier vilket ökar tillgängligheten och inflödet. Ett ökat intresse och en ökad tillgänglighet behöver dock inte innebära en ökad kunskap hos investerarna, vilket talar för att det är relevant att dels förmedla kunskap kring aktier men framförallt identifiera den bästa investeringsstrategin som kan vägleda investerare. Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om värde- eller tillväxtinvestering ger högst avkastning på Stockholmsbörsen och Micro-cap under 2012-2016. Studien tillämpar en deduktiv ansats tillsammans med en kvantitativ forskningsmetod. För att kunna ta reda på den bästa investeringsstrategin på Stockholmsbörsen och Micro-cap har sekundärdata i form av nyckeltal samt kurshistorik samlats in, bearbetats och analyserats. Med hjälp av nyckeltalen P/E och P/B har aktier kunnat kategoriseras som värde- respektive tillväxtaktier. Vidare kunde portföljer skapas av respektive kategori för att sedan vara jämförbara med varandra. Resultatet visar på att investeringsstrategin värdeinvestering tenderar att prestera bäst. Värdeinvestering presterade bäst oavsett om portföljerna bestod av aktier enbart från Stockholmsbörsen eller både Stockholmsbörsen och Micro-cap. Resultatet som erhölls visade att tillväxtinvestering presterar betydligt högre avkastning än värdeinvestering oavsett börs/handelsplattform dock utsätts en investerares kapital för så pass hög risk med tillväxtinvestering att när studien riskjusterar avkastningen är det värdeinvestering som presterar bäst. / The financial crisis during 2007-2008 concerned investors internationally. The Swedish investors’ concern was reflected in the number of shareholders which decreased until 2014. From 2014 and until today the statistics shows that Swedish shareholders are increasing. One explanation could be the digitization that created solutions for investors to buy stocks more easily. But an increased availability does not necessarily mean that the knowledge also has increased. This is one of the reasons for the importance of spreading knowledge to investors and identify the best investment strategy for guidance. The purpose is to investigate the investment strategies value investing and growth investing. To find out the best investment strategy the thesis has used the two ratios P/E and P/B and historical share prices. The stocks that are included in this thesis is both from Stockholm Stock Exchange but also from Micro-cap. The thesis has used a quantitative research method when gathering all the necessary information and a deductive approach in relation to the theories. By using the presented ratios, the thesis could categories the stocks in the respective strategy. The superior investment strategy is value investing which tends to perform the best risk-adjusted return during the time 2012-2016. Value investing tends to perform the best return regardless if the portfolio contains only stocks from Stockholm Stock Exchange or both Stockholm Stock Exchange and Micro-cap. The result showed that growth investing had the most extreme returns and would have won if the result did not adjust for the risk taken.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Muitos estudos buscam tentar prever o retorno potencial sobre portfólios de ações, com intuito de obter melhor rentabilidade sobre o capital aplicado. Diversas modelagens já foram utilizadas, sendo que as mais conhecidas são as que relacionam o risco com o retorno. Nesta linha destacam-se a Teoria de Carteiras proposta por Markowitz, e o CAPM de Sharpe. Através destas teorias entende-se a questão da influência da covariância dos retornos e que para um melhor desempenho de uma carteira, não é suficiente avaliar cada ativo individualmente. Por outro lado, diversas críticas em relação ao CAPM, vêm ensejando estudos complementares na busca de outras variáveis que melhorem os métodos de seleção de ativos. Fama e French (1993) fizeram um estudo com variáveis complementares em relação ao beta do CAPM, utilizando o tamanho e a relação Book to Market, conseguindo resultados melhores que o CAPM tradicional. O presente estudo leva em conta a questão do reinvestimento do lucro gerado e utilizando o modelo de Gordon propõe uma variável de classificação de empresas de crescimento e empresas valor, conceito já utilizado na literatura de finanças.Com base nesta variável montam-se carteiras de ações entre os anos de 2005 e 2012 e observa-se que é possível obter ganhos com a lógica proposta. Ao longo do período seria possível obter com as carteiras selecionadas ganhos de até 107,85% contra os retornos de 55,58% das carteiras com todos os ativos. Organizamos os mesmos ativos pela ótica da relação Book to Market as quais obtiveram retorno total do período de 90,42%. Apesar de notar uma mudança clara de comportamento, onde apenas nos quatro primeiros anos do estudo as carteiras com empresas value são superiores e nos quatro últimos períodos as carteiras de empresas growth são as melhores. Estes resultados são compatíveis com os resultados de Braga e Leal (2000), e Mescolin, Martinelli Braga e da Costa Jr. (1997), verificando um melhor desempenho para as empresas value. / Many studies have tried to predict the potential return on stock portfolios, aiming to get better return on invested capital. Several modeling have been used, and the more popular are those that relate the risk with the return. In this area, stand out the Portfolio Theory proposed by Markowitz and the CAPM proposed by Sharpe. Through these theories can be understood the influence of the covariance of returns, and for a best performance of a portfolio, is not enough to assess each individual asset. On the other hand, many criticism of the CAPM, have generating additional studies in search of other variables to improve the methods of selection of assets. Fama and French (1993) conducted a study with additional variables in relation to the CAPM beta, using the size and the relationship Book to Market, achieving better results than the traditional CAPM. This study considers the issue of the generated profit reinvestment, and using the model of Gordon proposes a classification variable for growth companies and value companies, which are concepts already used in finance literature. Based on this variable are set up stock portfolios between the years 2005 and 2012 and it is observed that it is possible to get earnings with the logic proposed. Over the period could be obtained with the selected portfolios up to 107.85% gains against the returns of 55.58% of the complete portfolio with all assets. We organize the same stocks from the perspective of the relationship Book to Market which had a total return of 90.42% on the whole period. Although observed a clear change of behavior, where only the first four years of the study portfolios with value companies are superior and the last four years portfolios of growth companies are the best. These results are consistent with the results of Braga and Leal (2000), and Mescolin Martinelli Braga and Costa Jr. (1997), watching a better performance for value companies.

Bakgrund: Sedan finanskrisen 2008 har den globala ekonomin präglats av sjunkande räntor och stigande börser. Detta har lett till att intresset för den nordiska aktiemarknaden har nått rekordhöga nivåer. Flera av de strategier som tillämpas vid investeringar på aktiemarknaden baseras på att marknaden historiskt har tenderat att röra sig enligt vissa mönster under specifika kalendeperioder. Andra kända investeringsstrategier baseras istället på hur aktier värderas utifrån prismultiplar, som antas vittna om bolagets förväntade tillväxt och lönsamhet. Strategierna gör det intressant att undersöka dessa två typer av strategier gemensamt för att se ifall dem skulle kunna komplettera varandra och hjälpa en investerares att överavkasta sitt jämförelseindex. Syfte: Studiens syfte är att analysera ifall kalenderanomalier fortfarande förekommer (i) på aggregerad nivå på de nordiska marknaderna samt (ii) om eventuella marknadsanomalierna skiljer sig något mellan värde- och tillväxtaktier. Studien avser således besvara frågan ifall någon aktietyp tenderar att agera annorlunda under specifika kalenderperioder och hur detta kan bidra till mer välgrundade investeringsbeslut. Metod: För att kunna undersöka studiens syfte har avkastningen hos de nordiska aktieindexen undersökts under utvalda kalenderperioder. Utifrån regressioner har dessa perioder jämförts mot övriga perioder på året för att finna eventuell abnormal avkastning. För att undersöka differenser bland olika aktietyper har egna index konstruerats utifrån aktiens genomsnittliga P/BV-multipelunder de senaste tio åren. Resultat: Under den studerade tidsperioden mellan 2009 och 2020 går det att med statistisk signifikans att konstatera kalenderanomalier på de nordiska marknaderna. Resultaten varierar för varje effekt, land och aktietyp. En investerare hade alltså under den studerade tidsperioden kunnat generera abnormal avkastning genom att ta välkända anomalier i beaktning vid sina investeringsbeslut. Mellan de olika aktietyperna konstateras skillnader, dock inget som indikeraratt den ena gruppen är mer effektiv gentemot marknaden än den andra / Background: Since the financial crisis in 2008, the global economy has been characterized by falling interest rates and rising stock markets. This has led to interest in the Nordic stock market reaching record highs. Several of the strategies applied to investments in the stock market are based on the fact that the market has historically tended to move according to certain patterns during specific calendar periods, so-called calendar anomalies. Other known investment strategiesare instead based on how shares are valued on the basis of price multiples, which are assumed to testify to the company's expected growth and profitability. The strategies make it interesting to examine these two types of strategies together to see if they could complement each other and help an investor to outperform their benchmark. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to analyze whether calendar anomalies still occur (i) at the aggregate level in the Nordic markets and (ii) whether any market anomalies differ slightly between value and growth shares. The study thus intends to answer the question of whether anytype of share tends to act differently during specific calendar periods and how this can contribute to more informed investment decisions. Method: In order to be able to investigate the purpose of the study, the returns of the Nordic equity indices have been examined during selected calendar periods. Based on regressions, these periods have been compared with other periods of the year to find any abnormal returns. To examine differences among different share types, own indices have been constructed based on the share's average P / BV multiple over the past ten years. Result: During the studied period between 2009 and 2020, it is possible to establish calendar anomalies in the Nordic markets with statistical significance. The results vary for each effect, country and share type. An investor would thus have been able to generate abnormal returns during the period studied by taking well-known anomalies into account in his investment decisions. Differences are noted between the different share types, but there is no indication that one group is more efficient towards the market than the other.