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CAR after analyst upgrades on US stocks. Clustered upgrades reach +0.31% at T+21. Single upgrades fall to -0.47%. Downgrades -0.53% at T+63. All measured from next-day-close entry.

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Do Analyst Upgrades Actually Move Stock Prices? We Measured 61,410 of Them

We ran an event study on 61,410 analyst upgrades on US stocks, 2012 to 2025. The move happens on announcement day. What survives needs no benchmark: one month on, stocks upgraded by two or more firms are up 1.82% against 1.05% for single-analyst upgrades. A 0.77 point gap.

Analyst revision CAR at T+63 on XETRA split by company domicile. US-domiciled listings gain 1.48% after upgrades and 0.65% after downgrades against the DAX. German companies fall after both.

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The German Analyst Upgrade Drift Was Netflix and Apple

We reported that German stocks drift +1.63% above the DAX after analyst upgrades. Then we checked the universe: only 1.5% of the events were German companies. 88% were US mega-caps' Frankfurt listings scored against a German index, and they drifted up after downgrades too. This is the correction.

Revenue Surprise CAGR vs local benchmark by exchange (2000–2025). US and UK show positive excess, Canada lands level with its index, and the remaining six trail their local benchmark.

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Revenue Surprise Momentum Across 9 Exchanges: What Local Benchmarks Reveal

We tested revenue surprise momentum on 9 exchanges using local benchmarks. US: +3.54% excess vs the S&P 500. UK: +2.38% vs the FTSE 100, on a 10-stock portfolio. India looks good in absolute terms but trails the Sensex by 2.41% a year.

Growth of $10,000 invested in Revenue Surprise Momentum vs S&P 500 from 2000 to 2025. Strategy grew to $167,028, S&P 500 to $72,829.

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We Backtested Revenue Surprise Momentum on 25 Years of US Data

Companies that beat quarterly revenue estimates outperformed by 3.5% annually. We tested this on 25 years of US stocks: 11.55% CAGR vs 8.02% for SPY, with 85% down capture.

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Revenue Market Share Gainers in the US: A 25-Year Backtest

Revenue market-share gainers returned 3.3% annually vs the S&P 500's 7.8%. The signal worked in 2000-2009. Then it broke. Here's why.

Revenue Market Share Gainers in Canada: 6.7% CAGR, Best Drawdown Control

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Revenue Market Share Gainers in Canada: +2.73% Annual Edge Over TSX

Canadian market-share gainers returned 6.68% annually vs the TSX Composite's 3.95%, a +2.73% edge per year. 60% win rate, max drawdown of -26.62%, and a down capture of 55.06% vs the local benchmark.

Revenue Market Share Gainers in Germany: 3.5% CAGR, Always Invested

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Revenue Market Share Gainers in Germany: 3.7% CAGR vs Total-Return DAX

German market-share gainers returned 3.71% annually across 25 years, trailing the total-return DAX by 1.33% per year. The signal finds stocks consistently — the headwind is Germany's cyclical sector structure and the DAX's dividend reinvestment benchmark.

Revenue Market Share Gainers in India: +11.8% CAGR Over 25 Years

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Revenue Market Share Gainers in India: Good Returns, Not Alpha

The India market share signal returned 9.33% CAGR over 25 years. The Sensex returned 12.06%. The outperformance vs SPY was India's bull market, not the signal.

Revenue Market Share Gainers in Switzerland: Highest Sharpe, Still Underperforms

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Revenue Market Share Gainers in Switzerland: Beats Local Benchmark by 4.5% per Year

Swiss market-share gainers returned 6.24% CAGR over 25 years, beating the SMI by +4.50% annually with a 72% win rate and 40% down capture. The SMI returned just 1.74% CAGR (price-only) — a low hurdle the signal clears consistently.

Revenue Market Share Gainers in the UK: 5.6% CAGR, 52% Win Rate

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Revenue Market Share Gainers in the UK: Beats FTSE 100 by 4.1% per Year

UK market-share gainers returned 5.31% CAGR over 25 years, beating the FTSE 100 by +4.09% annually with a 56% win rate. The FTSE 100 returned just 1.23% CAGR (price-only) — in a stagnant market, the revenue growth signal finds the winners.

We Tested Revenue Market Share Gainers in 15 Markets. Only One Beat the Benchmark.

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We Tested Revenue Market Share Gainers in 15 Markets. Four Beat Their Local Benchmarks.

We backtested sector-relative revenue growth across 15 exchanges from 2000 to 2024. Switzerland (+4.50%), UK (+4.09%) and Canada (+2.73%) beat their local benchmarks. India, which looked like a winner vs SPY, underperforms the Sensex by -2.72%.

Growth of $10,000 invested in the R&D Efficiency screen vs the S&P 500 from 2000 to 2024, ending at $27,246 against $66,167, with two distinct performance regimes split around 2013.

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R&D Efficiency Backtest (US): 4.09% CAGR, Two Regimes, One Regime Shift

From 2000 to 2012, buying stocks with the highest gross profit per R&D dollar beat the S&P 500 consistently. Then mega-cap tech took over, and the strategy spent the next twelve years giving money back. 4.09% CAGR against 7.85% for SPY. 25-year backtest, full data, SQL included.