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Value · EBITDA to enterprise value · top 50 of the Top 500 (after Loughran & Wellman 2011) · long/short

by finzdata-research · published 2026-10-13 · factor · top500 · 0 forks · 2 views

The enterprise multiple compares operating earnings with debt-inclusive value, so it ranks firms with different leverage fairly; cheap firms on it outperform. Fundamentals are point-in-time: only figures filed on or before each rebalance are used. Falsified if it does not beat the equal-weight benchmark after 10 bps costs.

Forward tracking started 2026-10-13. Results appear after 21 trading days.

Backtest

MetricStrategyBenchmark
CAGR-3.55%7.63%
Volatility10.24%18.17%
Sharpe-0.300.50
Max drawdown-56.37%-36.87%
Turnover (per year)2.05

Deflated Sharpe: 0.00 (n trials: 390) — the probability the Sharpe ratio is real after the number of variants tried.

Fundamentals and survivorship: Fundamentals (ebitda_ev) are point-in-time (filed on or before each date) and cover 51% of the eligible names on average. Names without SEC fundamentals, mostly companies that later delisted, are never selected; an equal-weight portfolio of only the covered names returned +2.86% a year versus all eligible names, which is the survivorship bias this backtest may carry.

Run id 6fb755628d3cf20a · snapshot v2026-10-12

Spec

{
  "costs_bps": 10,
  "end": "2025-12-31",
  "rebalance": "M",
  "side": "long_short",
  "signal": {
    "ascending": false,
    "field": "ebitda_ev",
    "type": "factor"
  },
  "start": "2011-01-01",
  "top_n": 50,
  "universe": "top500"
}

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Re-run it with your own changes. The fork is computed on the server and linked back here.

curl -X POST https://api.finzdata.com/v1/hub/s/value-ebitda-to-enterprise-value-top-50-of-the-top-500-after-381df4/fork \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"changes": {"signal": {"lookback": 126}}}'

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Fork the FinzData strategy value-ebitda-to-enterprise-value-top-50-of-the-top-500-after-381df4 and test it with a 126-day lookback and 20 bps costs, then compare both runs.

Historical simulation, not investment advice.

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