Type

Factor

Description

Transaction frictiona

ILLIQ

Liquidity indicator under Amihud measurements

Psos

Liquidity indicator under The Pastor-Stambaugh measurement

Roll

Roll indicator that uses daily yield estimates

Zeros

Zero yield days in the month/trading days in the month

ZerosImp

Factor Zeros/average daily turnover (10,000) in the month

ToverOs

The sum of the daily turnover rate in the month

Profitabilityb

ROE

Return on equity, net profit TTM/((shareholders’ equity closing balance + shareholders’ equity closing balance year-on-year)/2)

ROA

Return on assets, net profit TTM/((total asset closing balance + total asset total year-over-year closing balance)/2)

TROA

Total return on assets, (total profit TTM + financial expenses TTM)/ ((total asset closing balances + total year-over-year end balance)/2)

EPS

Earnings per share, net profit/total equity

AdjEPS

EPS adjusted by Wu & Wu (2003)

UnEPS

Adjusted EPS for the current period - Adjusted EPS for the first two periods of the current period

SigmaEPS

The standard deviation for EPS that was not expected for the first 5 half years before EPS

Sue

No expected EPS /standard deviation

Valuationc

PE

Closing price * total equity/net profit closing value TTM

PS

Closing price * total equity/gross income closing value TTM

Evm

Enterprise multiple, (total market cap + total liabilities − monetary funds)/EBITDA

Amv

Market value, A-share close price * outstanding A-shares

Growthd

Agr

Capital preservation and appreciation rate, the closing value of the total owner’s equity/the opening value of the total owner’s equity

Sgr

Sustainable growth rate, return on net assets * earnings retention rate/(1 − return on net assets * earnings retention rate)