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Simply U.S.A.: Stagflation probability rising
Earnings revisions have driven Energy to the top of our scorecard this month
Energy, Comm Srvcs, and Cons Staples are at the top of our S&P 500 sector
scorecard. While Energy and Cons Staples don't necessarily appear cheap, all three
score well across our REVS framework.
Construction Materials, and Comm & Prof Srvcs look vulnerable on deeply
negative earnings scores.
AI Semis and AI Robotics continue to top of our Thematic rankings.
Regime: Oil disruption trickles through data, Stagflation probability jumping
We wrote last week that equities face an asymmetric outlook across oil disruption
scenarios. In a quick resolution, S&P 500 is expected to rebound quickly toward 7,150 by
year-end, while a two-month shock could trigger a correction to ~6,000 before a partial
recovery. An extended disruption risks a deeper bear market, with the S&P 500
potentially falling to ~5,350 amid a possible recession and earnings downgrades. The
Fed’s reaction function across these scenarios would impact the pace of recovery.
Technology PMIs have fallen 4.5 pts over the past 3mo. Healthcare (+3pts) and Materials
(+0.8pts) are the only sectors with PMI gains last month. Market-implied Stagflation
probability has jumped to 27% (low growth with high inflation) while Recession
probability has continued to rise since mid-December to ~25%. Time-weighted average
performance of S&P 500 Industry Groups during supply-driven oil price shocks would
support our scorecard preference for Energy, Utilities, and Consumer Staples (Figure 16).
Earnings: Revisions drove Energy to the top of our scorecard this month
While earnings revisions remain concentrated in Semis (~20%) and Tech+, Energy has
witnessed notable increase in earnings expectations amidst Strait of Hormuz closure.
Consensus still expects >20% EPS growth in 2026 from Semis, Mining, Containers &
Packaging, and Autos, though latter two have seen negative revisions over the past
three months. Cons Dur, Telecom, and Food Products have all seen negative revisions
and now carry lowest growth expectations. S&P 500 EPS growth is now ~17% in 2026.
Valuations: ex-Tech valuations increased as Tech valuations have fallen
S&P 500 valuations have fallen sharply over the past month, now trading ~19x, nearing
our discount rate proxy (Figure 26). Continued reduction in pricing of "growth
optimism" would suggest another 0.5-0.8x comes off the multiple at current levels. Tech
+ valuations have fallen most significantly in the re-rating, now 20x, down from 23.5x at
the end of Feb. Mag 7 at 22.8x is just above the Liberation Day lows of 22.3x.
Sentiment: Tech+ sentiment improved in our thematic scorecard
S&P 500 aggregate and median crowding levels have remained elevated and little
changed through March, while select sectors such as Software have seen significant
declines on a median basis. Since October the median crowding score in Software has
fallen -1stddev. UBS crowding data points to a recent rotation from Food, Beverage &
Tobacco and Pharma into Autos and HH & Personal Products. Retail has the widest gap
between the aggregate and median crowding scores across Industry Groups. Our
Theme-ometer shows sentiment toward Mag 7 stocks and AI-related themes, primarily
Semiconductors, has improved and remains supported by EPS revisions. Our positioning
beta analysis indicates balanced funds remain above average and our composite beta
positioning indicator remains elevated.
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Energy has jumped to the top of our scorecard with extremely positive revisions
Energy has jumped to the top of our scorecard as positive earnings momentum reversed
a deeply negative earnings score in prior months. Consumer Staples has improved
materially driven by improved sentiment and positive earnings revisions. Utilities remains
positive and our preferred defensive sector. Media & Entertainment, Metals & Mining,
Food Bev & Tobacco, and Telecoms currently lead among Industry Groups. Top-ranked
stocks include Sensata Technologies Holding, Exelon Corp, and Alphabet Inc.
Conversely, Construction Materials, and Comm & Prof Srvcs look vulnerable on deeply
negative earnings scores, with lower-ranked names such as Ares Management Corp,
Paypal Holdings Inc, and Caesars Entertainment Inc. Software scores poorly this month
on now significantly vulnerable sentiment scores. Real Estate remains our lowest-ranked
sector.
Figure 1: R.E.V.S. favors Energy, Comm Services, Staples and Utilities– Stocks in report
Regime
Score
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Energy 0.60 0.45 0.03 0.28 0.39
Comm Svs 0.28 0.46 0.33 0.35 0.35
Cons Staples 0.31 0.07 0.04 0.41 0.22
Utilities 0.17 0.15 0.18 0.18 0.17
Industrials 0.45 -0.03 -0.18 0.26 0.16
Materials 0.20 -0.09 0.16 0.30 0.13
Health Care 0.08 0.12 0.05 0.01 0.07
Info Tech 0.29 0.14 -0.38 -0.07 0.05
Cons Disc 0.11 -0.10 0.02 -0.02 0.00
Financials -0.16 0.03 0.33 -0.08 -0.01
Real Estate -0.27 0.13 -0.07 0.10 -0.03
Energy 0.60 0.45 0.03 0.28 0.39
Media & Entertainment 0.28 0.47 0.31 0.40 0.36
Metals & Mining 0.47 0.59 0.00 0.12 0.35
Food Bev & Tob 0.35 0.29 0.23 0.31 0.30
Telecoms 0.29 0.41 0.43 -0.12 0.25
Transportation 0.44 -0.16 0.16 0.49 0.23
Food & Stp Rtl 0.43 -0.09 -0.34 0.59 0.20
Cap Goods 0.52 0.01 -0.28 0.25 0.18
Semis & Equipment 0.42 0.14 -0.24 0.19 0.18
Utilities 0.17 0.15 0.18 0.18 0.17
Chemicals 0.13 -0.23 0.22 0.39 0.10
Tech Hrdwr 0.65 0.07 -0.68 -0.09 0.09
Banks -0.10 0.22 0.43 -0.08 0.08
HH & Pers Products -0.07 -0.10 0.44 0.25 0.08
Pharma & Biotech -0.07 0.23 0.00 0.11 0.08
Containers & Packaging 0.30 -0.55 0.27 0.27 0.06
Cons Dur & Apparel 0.09 0.04 -0.09 0.15 0.06
HC Equip & Srvcs 0.36 -0.08 0.15 -0.19 0.06
Retail -0.03 -0.10 0.35 0.07 0.03
Real Estate Mgmt -0.27 0.13 -0.07 0.10 -0.03
Auto Components 0.60 -0.06 -0.80 -0.32 -0.04
Insurance -0.04 0.01 0.29 -0.33 -0.05
Cons Srvcs -0.15 -0.20 0.22 0.08 -0.05
Div Financials -0.22 -0.07 0.28 -0.01 -0.05
Comm & Prof Srvcs -0.11 -0.20 0.13 0.04 -0.06
Software -0.35 0.19 -0.31 -0.51 -0.22
Construction Materials -0.22 -0.79 -0.05 0.01 -0.31
Source: UBS; REVS range from +/-1; Data a/o Mar 25; See whitepaper + latest update
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Thematic Rankings
Figure 2: R.E.V.S. AI-Exposed Semis have remained on the top of our Thematic scorecard, while the Mag 7 score fell slightly
Name Ticker 1-mth YTD
Regime
Score
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Score
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Score
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Score
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Revisions
US Magnificent 7 UBXXMAG7 0.40 0.22 -0.02 0.16 0.22
AI-Exposed Semis UBXXSEMA 0.69 0.25 0.06 0.38 0.39
Short Cycle Industrials UBXXSCYC 0.46 0.11 0.05 0.51 0.31
AI Robotics UBXXAIRB 0.54 0.22 0.07 0.24 0.30
US AI Winners UBXXAIW 0.45 0.33 -0.10 0.19 0.27
US Reshoring UBXXSHOR 0.46 0.27 0.03 0.05 0.23
AI Power UBXXVOLT 0.45 0.21 -0.06 0.13 0.22
US Low Income Consumer UBXXLOWC 0.07 0.33 0.26 0.16 0.20
US Infrastructure UBXXINFR 0.36 0.20 0.03 0.08 0.19
Tangible Assets UBXXTANG 0.26 0.08 0.00 0.35 0.19
AI Renewable Power UBXXAIRP 0.59 0.01 -0.11 0.09 0.19
Long Cycle Industrials UBXXLCYC 0.42 0.07 -0.12 0.21 0.18
Defense Primes+ UBXXPRME 0.46 -0.21 -0.11 0.37 0.15
Trump Tariff Losers UBXXTTL 0.20 0.14 0.26 0.02 0.15
US Defense Spending UBXXSPND 0.48 -0.12 -0.21 0.27 0.14
US Renewable Energy UBXXRNEW 0.46 0.11 -0.42 0.09 0.13
US Consumer Cyclicals UBXXCCYC 0.10 0.08 0.16 0.17 0.12
GLP-1 Winners UBXXGLPW 0.12 0.27 0.05 -0.01 0.12
MAHA Risk UBXXMAHA 0.11 0.13 0.18 0.06 0.11
AI Adopters UBXXAIAD 0.07 0.02 0.22 0.16 0.10
Regional Banks UBXXRGBK -0.07 0.00 0.39 0.24 0.10
Software AI Resilient UBXXSORT -0.16 0.26 0.11 -0.21 -0.01
Speculative Growth UBXXSPEC 0.34 0.08 -0.72 -0.11 -0.01
Intangible Assets UBXXINTG -0.09 0.03 0.20 -0.15 -0.03
US Housing UBXXHOME 0.02 -0.30 0.18 -0.01 -0.06
Software AI Risk UBXXSORK -0.26 0.00 0.39 -0.29 -0.09
US Listed International Exposure UBXXINTL 0.23 0.15 0.17 0.12 0.17
US Listed Domestic Exposure UBXXUSA 0.13 0.05 0.21 0.10 0.11
US Cyclicals UBXXCYCL 0.26 0.23 0.14 0.33 0.25
US Defensives UBXXDEFS 0.11 0.09 0.29 0.16 0.14
US Late Cycle UBXXLATE 0.17 0.18 0.21 0.23 0.19
US Early Cycle UBXXERLY 0.13 0.10 0.13 0.16 0.13
US Growth UBXXPGRO 0.18 0.17 0.02 -0.05 0.09
US Value UBXXPVAL 0.08 0.16 0.27 0.28 0.18
US Quality UBXXHIQL 0.11 0.09 0.14 -0.04 0.07
US Momentum UBQQHMTM 0.38 0.23 -0.45 0.11 0.14
Performance
Source: Bloomberg, UBS. REVS scores scaled from +/-1. Data a/o Mar 25
Some of the above referred basket(s) are similar to baskets constructed by UBS Global Markets and can be accessed in Bloomberg. For more information, please contact your
sales/trading representative. UBS Global Markets is a separate business to UBS Research and does not provide investment research.
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R.E.V.S. Stocks
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For the monthly global scoring of thematic baskets, please see here
Figure 3: Top and bottom-ranked stocks
Highest REVS scores
BBG Ticker Name Country Industry Price
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Mkt Cap
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12m fwd
Div Yield
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PE 2027e PE REVS
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ST UN Sensata Technologies Holding US Capital Goods 34.79 5.1 1.4 10 9 1.57 2.3%
EXC UW Exelon Corp US Utilities 49.23 50.4 3.3 17 16 1.57 13.9%
GOOGL UW Alphabet Inc-Cl A US Media & Entertainment 273.36 3302.9 0.3 22 19 1.56 -12.6%
TTC UN Toro Co US Capital Goods 91.33 8.9 1.7 20 18 1.56 16.5%
NVST US Envista Holdings Corp US Health Care Equipment & Servic 24.53 4.0 na 17 16 1.50 13.0%
XEL UW Xcel Energy Inc US Utilities 79.41 49.5 2.9 19 18 1.44 8.3%
TER UW Teradyne Inc US Semiconductors & Semiconductor 295.61 46.3 0.2 48 35 1.44 44.8%
KMT US Kennametal Inc US Capital Goods 35.39 2.7 2.3 15 14 1.38 25.2%
KEYS UN Keysight Technologies In US Technology Hardware & Equipmen 279.06 47.9 na 31 27 1.37 33.3%
GXO US Gxo Logistics Inc US Transportation 49.64 5.7 na 17 15 1.36 -5.0%
CMS UN Cms Energy Corp US Utilities 77.47 23.9 2.8 20 19 1.35 11.6%
AMN US Amn Healthcare Services Inc US Health Care Equipment & Servic 18.82 0.7 na 9 18 1.32 19.4%
APG US Api Group Corp US Capital Goods 39.91 17.2 na 24 21 1.31 3.0%
HPE UN Hewlett Packard Enterprise US Technology Hardware & Equipmen 23.36 31.0 2.3 10 9 1.31 -2.1%
EHAB US Enhabit Inc US Health Care Equipment & Servic 13.66 0.7 na 23 22 1.30 52.0%
AME UN Ametek Inc US Capital Goods 209.75 48.0 0.6 26 24 1.27 2.3%
MCK UN Mckesson Corp US Health Care Equipment & Servic 860.16 105.4 0.4 22 19 1.20 5.8%
FLS US Flowserve Corp US Capital Goods 72.15 9.2 1.2 17 15 1.19 1.7%
AEE UN Ameren Corporation US Utilities 108.72 30.1 2.6 20 19 1.10 11.0%
ADI UW Analog Devices Inc US Semiconductors & Semiconductor 303.91 148.4 1.3 26 23 1.01 12.4%
197 1.7 21 19 1.36 12.8%
Lowest REVS scores
BBG Ticker Name Country Industry Price
(local)
Mkt Cap
($ bn)
12m fwd
Div Yield
(%)
2026e
PE 2027e PE REVS
Score
Price chg
(since
31-Dec)
JKHY UW Jack Henry & Associates Inc US Financial Services 155.55 11.2 1.5 24 22 -0.96 -14.4%
HTGC US Hercules Capital Inc US Financial Services 14.08 2.6 13.4 7 7 -0.97 -22.9%
SNBR US Sleep Number Corp US Consumer Discretionary Distrib 2.12 0.0 na na 6 -0.99 -74.9%
TPVG US Triplepoint Venture Growth B US Financial Services 4.60 0.2 22.0 5 6 -1.00 -26.6%
PFSI US Pennymac Financial Services US Financial Services 85.64 4.5 1.4 7 5 -1.04 -34.8%
HLNE US Hamilton Lane Inc-Class A US Financial Services 96.29 5.4 2.2 17 15 -1.07 -27.9%
CHGG US Chegg Inc US Consumer Services 0.69 0.1 na na na -1.08 -25.4%
EVGO US Evgo Inc US Consumer Discretionary Distrib 1.70 0.5 na na na -1.09 -41.8%
GPMT US Granite Point Mortgage Trust US Financial Services 1.41 0.1 14.2 na na -1.10 -41.5%
TSCO UW Tractor Supply Company US Consumer Discretionary Distrib 45.38 23.9 2.0 21 19 -1.20 -8.8%
BBIO US Bridgebio Pharma Inc US Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology 69.15 13.4 na na 124 -1.21 -9.6%
PLCE US Children'S Place Inc/The US Consumer Discretionary Distrib 3.07 0.1 na na na -1.23 -22.9%
ARE UN Alexandria Real Estate Equit US Equity Real Estate Investment 46.97 8.1 10.0 27 54 -1.24 -4.0%
FISV US Fiserv US Financial Services 54.31 29.0 na 7 6 -1.30 -19.1%
APO UN Apollo Global Management Inc US Financial Services 109.21 63.2 1.9 12 10 -1.30 -24.2%
RC US Ready Capital Corp US Financial Services 1.58 0.3 24.4 na na -1.31 -27.8%
SG US Sweetgreen Inc - Class A US Consumer Services 4.62 0.5 na na na -1.32 -31.7%
CZR UW Caesars Entertainment Inc US Consumer Services 25.85 5.3 na na 64 -1.40 8.7%
PYPL UW Paypal Holdings Inc US Financial Services 44.52 41.0 0.6 8 8 -1.41 -23.5%
ARES UN Ares Management Corp - A US Financial Services 106.57 35.3 4.4 17 14 -1.57 -33.2%
12 8.2 14 26 -1.19 -25.3%
Source: UBS REVS score; Bloomberg; REVS Score a/o Mar 25
Figure 4: 4w quartile returns based on REVS scores (ACWI universe)
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Source: Bloomberg, UBS. Calculation based on average 4wk returns for top vs bottom quartile stocks.
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Catalyst Calendar
Figure 5: Key dates over the next month
Economics
1-Apr-26 Manufacturing ISM
1-Apr-26 Retail Sales (Feb)
3-Apr-26 Change in Nonfarm Payrolls
6-Apr-26 Services ISM
7-Apr-26 Durable Goods Orders (Feb prelim)
10-Apr-26 Durable Goods Orders (Feb final)
10-Apr-26 CPI
10-Apr-26 U. of Mich. Sentiment
16-Apr-26 Industrial Production
21-Apr-26 Retail Sales (Mar)
29-Apr-26 Durable Goods Orders (Mar advance)
Central banks
29-Apr-26 FED
30-Apr-26 ECB
30-Apr-26 BOE
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Source: UBS
Figure 6: S&P 500 vs Early Warning Signal
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Figure 7: Drivers of current signal reading
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Source: Bloomberg, FactSet, UBS
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Regime
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Figure 12: Consumer Services and Technology PMIs
declined significantly on a 3mo basis, while Healthcare
improved last month
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Technology 51.8 -0.8 51.6 -4.5
Financials 52.8 -1.9 53.4 -5.3
Consumer Services 48.0 -2.4 48.5 -5.5
Materials 49.8 0.8 49.3 -4.3
Consumer Non-Cyc 53.1 -2.1 54.4 -0.6
Consumer Goods 52.7 -3.1 54.8 0.6
Industrials 53.1 -2.7 54.6 2.4
Healthcare 54.5 3.0 53.5 0.8
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Figure 13: Equities have been in a “good news is good
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Figure 14: The market probability of Stagflation has risen sharply since start of the Middle East conflict
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Estimated relative return from a 10ppt increase in equity market implied stagflation probability
Source: Bloomberg, FactSet, UBS; More details in our Tactical Dashboard
Figure 15: The Value rotation has driven our market-implied Recession probability higher since December
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Figure 16: S&P 500 time weighted average perf. during historical periods of supply-driven oil price increase
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Earnings
Figure 17: 2026 Sales growth expectations are ~8% for the
index
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Cons Dur
Energy
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Source: FactSet, UBS
Figure 18: 2026 EPS growth expectations have risen to
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Cons Dur
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Source: FactSet, UBS
Figure 19: Energy, Semis, and Materials experienced the
highest positive revisions last month
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Transportation
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Autos & Comp
HC Equip & Svcs
Capital Goods
Food Bev & Tob
Consumer Svcs
Real Estate
Retailing
Comm & Prof Svcs
Cons Dur & App
Pharma Biotech & LS
Media & Entertain
Current 1m ago
Source: Bloomberg, UBS
Figure 20: Tech+ and Big 6 earnings gap is expected to
normalize in 2026; The memory trade has driven Tech+ ex
Big 6 earnings higher
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Top 6 Tech+ minus S&P ex tech+ EPS growth YoY (%)
forecast
Source: FactSet, UBS
Figure 21: Revision breadth has weakened in large caps but
remains positive, small caps closer to neutral
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S&P 600
Source: FactSet, UBS
Figure 22: Cyclical earnings revisions have turned positive,
while non-cyclical revisions remain steady
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Cyclical Non Cyclical
Source: FactSet, UBS; Note: Cyclicals = Ene, Mat, Ind, Disc; Non Cyclicals = Utilities,
HC, REITs, Staples, Comm Svcs
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ValuationS
Figure 23: Nasdaq 100 EV / EBITDA vs Capex adjustment
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Source: UBS, FactSet, Bloomberg
Figure 24: Russell 1000 high vs low P/B valuation
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Source: FactSet, UBS
Figure 26: S&P 500 valuations have declined significantly,
as growth optimism has faded, bringing valuations near
in-line with the discount rate
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Discount rate proxy
SPX Forward PE
SPX Forward PE US 10-yr yield + Corporate High Yield OAS
Growth optimism
Source: UBS, Bloomberg
Figure 27: S&P 500 Tech+ valuations have fallen sharply;
ex-Tech+ and the broader market have declined as well
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SenTIment
Figure 28: S&P 500 aggregate crowding (net longs) have
remained elevated
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Source: UBS; Crowding scores range +/-30 with standard deviation around 7;
Sectors are market cap weighted from single stock crowding scores
Figure 29: Software aggregate crowding (net longs) have
fallen significantly but farther at the median
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Source: UBS; Crowding scores range +/-30 with standard deviation around 7;
Sectors are market cap weighted from single stock crowding scores
Figure 30: Crowding scores relative to 20-80th%iles and Median, tickers = max & min
LRCX COST
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Semis
Food & Stap Retail
Fin. Srvces
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Software
Tech hardware
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Transportation
Banks
Pharma
Capital Goods
Materials
Healthcare Equip
Energy
Insurance
Telecom
Cons Dur & App
Cons. Srvcs
Comm/Prof Srvcs
Food Bev & Tob
Real Estate
Utilities
Autos
80%ile - 20%ile Weighted Avg Median
Source: UBS; Crowding scores range +/-30 with standard deviation around 7
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Figure 31: Latest crowding score changes show rotation
from pharma and Food, Bev & Tob into Autos and HH&P
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Weighted Avg 1m ago 3m ago
Source: UBS; Crowding scores range +/-30 with standard deviation around 7;
Sectors are market cap weighted from single stock crowding scores
Figure 32: Median 3-month crowding scores fell most in
Autos, Cons. Disc. (retail), and Software, while Food
& Staples Retail saw the largest increases
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Banks
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Insurance
Autos
Materials
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Utilities
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Real Estate
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Cons. Disc. (retail)
Crowding score
Median 1mo ago 3mo ago
Source: UBS; Crowding scores range +/-30 with standard deviation around 7;
Sectors are market cap weighted from single stock crowding scores
Figure 33: Our composite positioning beta has increased
and remains above the historical average
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US composite beta (z-score, lhs) S&P 500 (rhs)
Source: Bloomberg, UBS; More details in our Tactical Dashboard
Figure 34: Active Manager positioning has increased over
the past few weeks
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Macro/CTA HFs
L/S equity HFs
Mkt neu eq HFs
US equity MFs
Growth MFs
Value MFs
Blend MFs
Large cap MFs
Mid cap MFs
Small cap MFs
Broad cap MFs
Z-score
Current 4 weeks ago
Overweight
Underweight
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US Equity Strategy UBS Research
REVS – framework for tactical relative preferences
Our Market REVS framework combines macro and micro elements to identify shorter-
term relative preferences across countries, industry groups and styles. We believe the key
drivers for equities are the:
1. Macro regime (R)
2. Earnings trends and surprises (E)
3. What's priced into valuations already (V) and
4. Changes in the sentiment of investors (S).
Using some proprietary and public data, we created a structure that gives us useful
indicators in these areas.
Regime - Based on the current regime probability framework explained in the previous
section, we can calculate a measure of potential performance for each country, industry
group and style based on their performance in a similar regime distribution in the past.
We do this at the macro and the sector level using OECD and PMI leading indicators.
Macro Regime Probability model: Stock prices are greatly influenced by
economic regimes. We calculate regime probability weighted historical returns
to give us an indication of relative performance in the current environment.
Sector PMI (New Orders) model: We utilise sector level PMI New Orders data to
calculate a probability weighted sector regime score.
Earnings - We think expectation changes are key drivers of relative returns between
countries and industry groups. The two metrics we utilise in this area are:
Machine learning EPS forecast vs consensus model - Our quant team have
done excellent work in creating a model for 12-month forward single stock EPS
growth. They have shown that this is more accurate than consensus estimates
and particularly during periods of earnings volatility. We take the deviation of
this machine learning estimate from consensus as a measure of potential
earnings surprise. (link)
EPS revision strength model - Analyst revisions to earnings estimates often
coincide with share price performance. Many use simply the number of analyst
upgrades versus downgrades but we think this misses too much information
about the scale of upgrades and downgrades. We therefore look at the recent
changes in the actual EPS estimate.
Valuations - Whatever is happening in the macro regime or earnings, there is always a
good chance this information is 'in the price'. A volatile and poorly performing sector
might already be incredibly cheap and have less downside risk without further macro or
earnings deterioration. Our valuation measures are designed to calibrate for the relative
valuation already reflected in markets.
Adjusted Forward PE Ratio model: Value is a popular strategy for patient
investors. We enhance one of the most popular valuation indictors, the fPE
Ratio, by adjusting the numerator (i.e. prices) by the quality of the companies'
balance sheets
(Extreme) Rates Momentum model: The speed and magnitude of bond moves
are ones of the key factors of investors' risk appetite and valuation changes.
Increasing equity exposure after a strong rally or sell-off in rates has historically
been rewarded with rising valuations.
Sentiment - Other factors not captured in our regime, earnings or valuation metrics
relate to market structure. Specifically, we look to whether recent trends in investor
activity give us an indication of momentum/exhaustion. The metrics we consider are:
Crowding model - Our quant team have utilised a variety of sources including
market-wide prime brokerage data to generate a crowding score at the stock
level. We have aggregated this to the country and industry level taking into
consideration both the level of crowding and the change in crowding. At an
extreme, positioning can be a good contrarian signal. (link)
Start your engines! Market REVS
incorporates signals from key market
drivers.
R is for Regime. The macro economy
can be significant or dominant in
equity market returns.
E is for Earnings. The micro economy
can also be a source of
differentiation within and through
regimes.
V is for Valuations. We look for
differentiation in what is priced in to
markets already.
S is for Sentiment. We think shorter
term measures of market positioning
and flows further enhance our
understanding.
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Up & Down Volatility model: This is a price-based indicator of positioning that
gauges the probability of a trend reversal based on the recent balance of upside
versus downside volatility.
CTA Momentum models: These aim to benefit from the persistence in asset
prices. Our CTA trend-following algorithm is applied on 1) stock, 2) industry, 3)
sector, and 4) country index prices.
We believe our REVS framework pulls together some key variables that will help us
determine relative preferences for countries and industry groups. We can be adaptive in
our weighting of each measure as market conditions change.
Figure 35: Backtests of the REVS models as a systematic strategy
Source: UBS, Roux, N., How to pick stocks using Quantamental signals
Figure 36: Low correlation between models helps balance offsetting drivers
Source: UBS, Roux, N., How to pick stocks using Quantamental signals
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Figure 37: Model weightings in REVS as a systematic
strategy
Source: UBS, Roux, N., How to pick stocks using Quantamental signals
Figure 38: Model half-life estimates show the REVS
framework has a 2-6 month tactical horizon
Source: UBS, Roux, N., How to pick stocks using Quantamental signals
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Valuation Method and Risk Statement
Equity market returns are influenced by corporate earnings, interest rates, risk premia, as well
as other variables influenced by the business cycle. The outlook for any and all of these
variables is subject to change.
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