Why Earnings Surprises Move Stocks So Sharply: The PPP Explanation

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contents <p><strong><span lang="EN-US">Equity markets often react disproportionately to quarterly earnings surprises. Small deviations from analyst expectations—sometimes just a few cents per share—can trigger sharp stock price movements. Traditional valuation tools such as the Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio, the Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) ratio, and discounted cash flow (DCF) models fail to rationally explain this amplification effect.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span lang="EN-US">This article introduces the Potential Payback Period (PPP), conceived as the Dynamic P/E ratio, a framework that embeds both earnings growth (g) and discount rates (r) into valuation. Because the PPP uses a logarithmic structure to reflect compounding effects, even minor revisions to earnings growth expectations extend over a multi-year horizon, producing amplified and measurable valuation shifts. By translating PPP into the Stock Internal Rate of Return (SIRR), the framework further connects earnings surprises to shifts in implied returns, explaining why markets react so sharply to seemingly small revisions.<br><br><br></span></strong></p>
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spellingShingle Why Earnings Surprises Move Stocks So Sharply: The PPP Explanation
Sam, Rainsy
<p><strong><span lang="EN-US">Equity markets often react disproportionately to quarterly earnings surprises. Small deviations from analyst expectations—sometimes just a few cents per share—can trigger sharp stock price movements. Traditional valuation tools such as the Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio, the Price/Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) ratio, and discounted cash flow (DCF) models fail to rationally explain this amplification effect.</span></strong></p> <p><strong><span lang="EN-US">This article introduces the Potential Payback Period (PPP), conceived as the Dynamic P/E ratio, a framework that embeds both earnings growth (g) and discount rates (r) into valuation. Because the PPP uses a logarithmic structure to reflect compounding effects, even minor revisions to earnings growth expectations extend over a multi-year horizon, producing amplified and measurable valuation shifts. By translating PPP into the Stock Internal Rate of Return (SIRR), the framework further connects earnings surprises to shifts in implied returns, explaining why markets react so sharply to seemingly small revisions.<br><br><br></span></strong></p>
title Why Earnings Surprises Move Stocks So Sharply: The PPP Explanation
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17038299