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Do Sales–Price and Debt–Equity Explain Stock Returns Better than Book–Market and Firm Size?

, , and . Financial Analysts Journal, 52 (2): 56-60 (1996)
DOI: 10.2469/faj.v52.n2.1980

Abstract

During the 1979-91 period, the sales-price ratio and the debt-equity ratio had greater explanatory power for stock returns than either the book-market value of equity ratio or the market value of equity. Furthermore, the sales-price ratio captures the role of the debt-equity ratio in explaining stock returns. Neither the book-market value of equity ratio nor the market value of equity has consistent explanatory power for stock returns, and the sales-price ratio is a more reliable explanatory factor.

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