Within book/market quintiles, expected return from constant growth equity valuation (static growth expected return, SGER) relates positively with realized returns. However, SGER overstates realized returns for growth stocks and understates realized returns for value stocks. We investigate...

The value premium is the empirical observation that low market/book “value” stocks have higher returns than high market/book “growth” stocks. In this paper, we show that the profitability determined relation between risk and return is distinct for non-dividend paying businesses. High...