Active Industry Selection with Fundamental Multi-Factor Stock Screening

Summary

This research report describes a Chinese equity fund approach that first selects industries through fundamental analysis, then applies a multi-factor model to stocks within those industries. Industry research estimates long-term growth across more granular sectors and considers growth duration and forward valuation. Stock selection balances quality, growth, valuation, and capital returns, with particular attention to the relationship between earnings quality and free cash flow. A final fundamental review and portfolio limits on stock, industry, and size exposures are used in portfolio construction.

The report examines a representative fund’s holdings, style, industry tilts, performance, and attribution through October 2021. It reports historical outperformance against the CSI 800, along with monthly and quarterly win rates and analyses suggesting that industry allocation and stock selection contributed to excess returns. These are retrospective results for one fund and period, based partly on disclosed holdings and the report’s attribution methods. The document notes that past performance does not predict future returns, that rolling returns depend on the entry date, and that quarterly holdings do not establish each stock’s contribution to fund returns.

Key ideas

• The approach chooses promising industries through fundamental research before applying quantitative stock selection within them.
• Stock factors cover quality, growth, valuation, and capital returns, with free cash flow assessed alongside earnings quality.
• The portfolio process adds a fundamental review and limits deviations in individual stock, industry, and market capitalization exposures.
• The report attributes historical excess returns to both industry allocation and stock selection, based on its stated analysis period and methods.
• The reported fund results are retrospective and do not establish that the process will produce similar future returns.

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