G-Score ranks highly valued stocks according to three sub-factor groups, with an aim to separate out the winning growth/glamour stocks from the rest of the herd.
G-Score helps investors screen for equities that are anticipated to grow at a rate above the average for the market. Investors seeking growth at a reasonable price look for stocks that they believe will deliver above-average growth, but are not expensive.
It is often more fashionable to seek out stocks with high growth rates that are trading at reasonable valuations. Like Warren Buffet famously said:" It's far better to buy a wonderful company at a fair price than a fair company at a wonderful price."
G-Score performance is demonstrated by comparing portfolios that are comprised of equities with a specific G-Score. For example, portfolio G0 contains equities that have a G Score of zero (0), portfolio G1 contains equities that have a G-Score of one (1), and so on. Portfolios were rebalanced monthly using a market-cap weighted method, with 20 basis points deducted as costs per transaction.
Annual Return |
Cumulative Return |
Volatility |
Sharpe ratio |
Calmar ratio |
Max Drawdown |
Omega ratio |
Sortino ratio |
Skew |
Kurtosis |
Tail ratio |
Monthly value at risk |
Alpha |
Beta |
SPY |
8.94% |
548.48 |
14.59% |
0.66 |
0.17 |
-52.56% |
1.65 |
0.99 |
-0.60 |
1.40 |
0.98 |
-0.06 |
0.00% |
1.00 |
G0 | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 |
8.19% | 8.73% | 9.27% | 9.77% | 10.61% | 9.25% | 10.51% |
457.86 | 521.94 | 592.76 | 666.11 | 803.50 | 590.10 | 785.50 |
27.14% | 21.43% | 19.77% | 17.45% | 16.30% | 18.10% | 23.76% |
0.44 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.62 | 0.70 | 0.58 | 0.54 |
0.11 | 0.13 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.18 | 0.17 |
-75.31% | -66.39% | -61.02% | -55.12% | -47.03% | -50.80% | -63.61% |
1.48 | 1.51 | 1.57 | 1.67 | 1.74 | 1.61 | 1.56 |
0.64 | 0.75 | 0.85 | 0.96 | 1.12 | 0.90 | 0.89 |
-0.85 | -0.37 | -0.18 | -0.25 | -0.07 | -0.10 | 0.42 |
8.28 | 5.22 | 3.57 | 4.08 | 3.66 | 3.82 | 3.83 |
1.21 | 0.98 | 1.11 | 1.08 | 1.18 | 0.93 | 1.08 |
-0.12 | -0.09 | -0.08 | -0.07 | -0.07 | -0.08 | -0.10 |
3.35% | 1.34% | 1.70% | 2.45% | 3.48% | 1.83% | 2.14% |
1.11 | 1.22 | 1.19 | 1.10 | 1.04 | 1.13 | 1.39 |