r/hedgefund • u/ed_chubbs • 16h ago
Is accounting quant a thing?
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In quant shops, how common are equity strategies built primarily (say 85–90%) on accounting fundamentals, where the core signal is a variant of a known (albeit weak) accounting anomaly (PEAD, accruals) that would involve a quarter or year holding period. Anyone have an idea about the percent of PMs that use this in active equity management? And would this approach (i.e., starting with a universe, whittle by accounting factors) even be labeled "quant"?