Value has shifted to outperform growth; will the trend continue?

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Value Has Outperformed Recently

  • The global investment environment has fundamentally changed. Since the start of 2021, value stocks have outperformed their growth counterparts, ignited by factors including the war in Ukraine, inflation, and tightening central bank policy.
  • On a trailing 1-year basis,1 value has outperformed growth by nearly 21.6%, while only exhibiting roughly 60% of the drawdown experienced by the growth benchmark.

Outperformance of Value vs. Growth since 2021
(1/31/21-12/31/22)

Source: FactSet. As of December 31, 2022. Growth represented by the Russell 1000® Growth Index and Value represented by the Russell 1000® Value Index. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

  • Given that equity style shifts tend to extend for multiple years, investors may consider re-evaluating their asset allocation to capture the potential cycle of continued value outperformance.

Russell 1000®Growth vs. Russell 1000®
Difference in Rolling 5-Yr Annualized Returns

Source: FactSet. As of December 31, 2022. Growth is represented by the Russell 1000® Growth Index and Value is represented by the Russell 1000® Value Index. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Value Is Gaining Momentum

  • Although long-term trends still slightly favor growth,2 value has begun to close the gap and has outperformed growth globally over the past year.
  • Returns for value stocks have been led by significant gains in the energy sector, while returns for growth stocks have been overwhelmingly driven by underperformance in the technology, communications, and consumer discretionary sectors.

Style Return Differential Driven by extreme Sector Level Dispersion
GICS Sector Performance

Source: FactSet. As of December 31, 2022. The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) is an industry taxonomy developed in 1999 by MSCI and Standard & Poor’s for use by the global financial community. The GICS structure consists of 11 sectors, 24 industry groups, 69 industries and 158 sub-industries into which S&P has categorized all major public companies. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Value outperforming Growth Globally Since the start of 2021
Across all markets, Value has closed its gap with Growth that was extended during and after the bear market of 2020.

Source: FactSet. As of December 31, 2022. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

Why Value? Relative Valuations Look Attractive

  • Investors may need to reassess portfolio diversification and rebalancing after the conclusion of an extended cycle of growth outperformance.
  • The relative valuation of value compared to growth has not been as attractive since the market downturn in 2002, which precipitated a long stretch of value outperformance.
  • Lastly, the earnings of value stocks have been far more resilient than growth stocks during the current bear market. Since the start of 2022, the 3-year historical average earnings growth of the value index increased by 7.95%, while the growth index has shrunk by -30.19%.

Value Stocks May Be Attractive
Russell 1000® Growth to Value Trailing (LTM) Price to Earnings Premium (9/30/02 – 12/31/22)

Source: FactSet. As of December 31, 2022. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

1 As of December 31, 2022.

2 Since 12/29/1978 the annualized total return of the Russell 1000® Growth benchmark is 11.36%, and the annualized total return of the Russell 1000 Value benchmark is 11.35%.

Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

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There is no guarantee that these investment strategies will work under all market conditions, and each investor should evaluate their ability to invest for a long term, especially during periods of downturns in the market.

Growth stocks may be more sensitive to market movements because their prices tend to reflect future investor expectations rather than just current profits. Growth stocks may underperform value stocks during given periods.

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The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000® companies with higher price/book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The stocks are also members of the Russell 3000® Growth Index.

The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000® companies with lower price/book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The stocks are also members of the Russell 3000® Value Index.

The Russell 3000® Value Index measures the performance of the broad value segment of the U.S. equity universe. It includes those Russell 3000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.

The Russell 3000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 3000® Index companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.

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