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Earnings Quality Factor
The gap between accruals and cash flow: low-accrual earnings are the real thing.
Formula
EarnQual = (净利润 - 经营现金流) / 总资产Performance (Top-30 equal-weight long, monthly rebalance)
Annualized return
6.27%
Sharpe ratio
0.41
Max drawdown
-33.58%
Total return
83.62%
Cumulative performance（2016-09 … 2026-08）
2016 -12.3%2017 -16.6%2018 +17.3%2019 +21.2%2020 +38.3%2021 +12.7%2022 +19.2%2023 -13.1%2024 -3.3%2025 +0.5%2026 +12.5%
Current top-30 holdings
| # | Ticker | Company | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PANW | Palo Alto Networks | 0.046 |
| 2 | KLAC | KLA | 0.043 |
| 3 | ORCL | Oracle | 0.037 |
| 4 | GILD | Gilead Sciences | 0.030 |
| 5 | NOC | Northrop Grumman | 0.029 |
| 6 | MSFT | Microsoft | 0.029 |
| 7 | FTNT | Fortinet | 0.029 |
| 8 | NVDA | NVIDIA | 0.028 |
| 9 | SMCI | Super Micro Computer | 0.026 |
| 10 | MDB | MongoDB | 0.026 |
| 11 | ETN | Eaton | 0.025 |
| 12 | AMZN | Amazon | 0.025 |
| 13 | LMT | Lockheed Martin | 0.025 |
| 14 | FCX | Freeport-McMoRan | 0.024 |
| 15 | HSY | Hershey | 0.022 |
| 16 | TMUS | T-Mobile US | 0.020 |
| 17 | REGN | Regeneron | 0.020 |
| 18 | CL | Colgate-Palmolive | 0.019 |
| 19 | ABNB | Airbnb | 0.019 |
| 20 | AAPL | Apple | 0.019 |
| 21 | WM | Waste Management | 0.019 |
| 22 | ON | ON Semiconductor | 0.018 |
| 23 | ZS | Zscaler | 0.017 |
| 24 | CARR | Carrier Global | 0.016 |
| 25 | KMB | Kimberly-Clark | 0.016 |
| 26 | LYV | Live Nation | 0.016 |
| 27 | ABBV | AbbVie | 0.016 |
| 28 | NVO | Novo Nordisk | 0.015 |
| 29 | QCOM | Qualcomm | 0.015 |
| 30 | PH | Parker Hannifin | 0.015 |
Holdings computed by the exact formula above at the latest month-end observation on the deterministic research panel (2026-08).
Data export
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