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accruals factor · long-only model fund

Foundry Technology Earnings Quality (Accruals) Factor ETF

ETF Foundry Research (hypothetical) · rebalanced monthly

FACTHYPOTHETICAL MODEL
Since ’99
−85%
Expense Ratio
0.45%
placeholder
Holdings
79
cap-weighted
Inception
Aug 2022
placeholder
Full Sharpe
-0.23
Ann. Return (LS)
-4.7%
Ann. Volatility
20.2%
Max Drawdown
-89.9%
Test Sharpe ’19–26
-0.38
Test FF5 α (ann.)
-5.8%
vs Fama-French 5
Test FF5 α t-stat
-0.70
not significant
Monthly turnover
18%
of the long leg, per rebalance
Cumulative return (LS)
-85%
over 331 months
This fund holds the long leg only
Long leg Sharpe
0.48
what this fund holds
Long leg ann. return
13.9%
buyable, long-only
Long-short Sharpe
-0.23
requires shorting
Bottom bucket ann. return
18.5%
the basket shorted

Every other metric on this page is the long-shortstrategy, which needs a short book. This fund is the long leg alone, so these are the figures for what it actually holds. The bottom-bucket number is that basket’s own return — not short P&L.

Hypothetical growth of $1 — long-short backtest

Gross of the placeholder expense ratio and trading costs · not investor results

331 months

Holdings

Every constituent of the long leg — sort, search or filter by sector

79 of 79 · 100.0% of book
TickerCompanySectorMarket capWeight
1CRM
SALESFORCE INCTechnology$139.86B
18.37%
2NOW
SERVICENOW INCTechnology$106.44B
13.98%
3SNOW
SNOWFLAKE INCTechnology$93.20B
12.24%
4CIEN
CIENA CORPTechnology$53.00B
6.96%
5CRWV
COREWEAVE INCTechnology$39.94B
5.24%
6WDAY
WORKDAY INCTechnology$35.76B
4.70%
7VRSN
VERISIGN INCTechnology$25.27B
3.32%
8MDB
MONGODB INCTechnology$25.12B
3.30%
9CPAY
CORPAY INCTechnology$23.91B
3.14%
10ONTO
ONTO INNOVATION INCTechnology$13.92B
1.83%
11U
UNITY SOFTWARE INCTechnology$12.66B
1.66%
12AUR
AURORA INNOVATION INCTechnology$11.88B
1.56%
13HUBS
HUBSPOT INCTechnology$11.49B
1.51%
14VSAT
VIASAT INCTechnology$9.76B
1.28%
15ALGM
ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS INCTechnology$8.66B
1.14%
16ESE
ESCO TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology$8.25B
1.08%
17DBX
DROPBOX INCTechnology$7.14B
0.94%
18PCOR
PROCORE TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology$6.93B
0.91%
19CORZ
CORE SCIENTIFIC INCTechnology$6.66B
0.87%
20PATH
UIPATH INCTechnology$6.30B
0.83%
21LYFT
LYFT INCTechnology$5.89B
0.77%
22ENPH
ENPHASE ENERGY INCTechnology$5.48B
0.72%
23PEGA
PEGASYSTEMS INCTechnology$5.39B
0.71%
24KLIC
KULICKE & SOFFA INDUSTRIES INCTechnology$5.09B
0.67%
25IPGP
IPG PHOTONICS CORPTechnology$4.43B
0.58%
26EXLS
EXLSERVICE HOLDINGS INCTechnology$4.30B
0.56%
27PI
IMPINJ INCTechnology$4.21B
0.55%
28ACLS
AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology$4.19B
0.55%
29POWI
POWER INTEGRATIONS INCTechnology$3.93B
0.52%
30CLBT
CELLEBRITE DI LTDTechnology$3.81B
0.50%
31OLED
UNIVERSAL DISPLAY CORPTechnology$3.75B
0.49%
32RNG
RINGCENTRAL INCTechnology$3.46B
0.45%
33QTWO
Q2 HOLDINGS INCTechnology$3.43B
0.45%
34SEDG
SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology$3.25B
0.43%
35FSLY
FASTLY INCTechnology$3.24B
0.43%
36FRSH
FRESHWORKS INCTechnology$3.01B
0.40%
37BRZE
BRAZE INCTechnology$2.98B
0.39%
38ADEA
ADEIA INCTechnology$2.80B
0.37%
39VISN
VISTANCE NETWORKS INCTechnology$2.74B
0.36%
40NVTS
NAVITAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPTechnology$2.68B
0.35%
41KD
KYNDRYL HOLDINGS INCTechnology$2.67B
0.35%
42RUM
RUMBLE INCTechnology$2.51B
0.33%
43DGII
DIGI INTERNATIONAL INCTechnology$2.41B
0.32%
44INTA
INTAPP INCTechnology$2.24B
0.29%
45FLYW
FLYWIRE CORPTechnology$2.24B
0.29%
46VERX
VERTEX INCTechnology$2.07B
0.27%
47INOD
INNODATA INCTechnology$1.99B
0.26%
48APPN
APPIAN CORPTechnology$1.92B
0.25%
49MQ
MARQETA INCTechnology$1.85B
0.24%
50BL
BLACKLINE INCTechnology$1.78B
0.23%
51ASAN
ASANA INCTechnology$1.77B
0.23%
52BRUN
BOOST RUN INCTechnology$1.50B
0.20%
53AIP
ARTERIS INCTechnology$1.43B
0.19%
54AI
C3AI INCTechnology$1.37B
0.18%
55CXM
SPRINKLR INCTechnology$1.37B
0.18%
56ADTN
ADTRAN HOLDINGS INCTechnology$944M
0.12%
57MITK
MITEK SYSTEMS INCTechnology$857M
0.11%
58BLZE
BACKBLAZE INCTechnology$793M
0.10%
59IBTA
IBOTTA INCTechnology$734M
0.10%
60PUBM
PUBMATIC INCTechnology$591M
0.08%
61ALIT
ALIGHT INCTechnology$584M
0.08%
62PAYS
PAYSIGN INCTechnology$478M
0.06%
63IBEX
IBEX LTDTechnology$474M
0.06%
64VELO
VELO3D INCTechnology$316M
0.04%
65BKTI
BK TECHNOLOGIES CORPTechnology$307M
0.04%
66OPTX
SYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS INCTechnology$302M
0.04%
67ALMU
AELUMA INCTechnology$267M
0.04%
68SVCO
SILVACO GROUP INCTechnology$260M
0.03%
69QUIK
QUICKLOGIC CORPTechnology$237M
0.03%
70KVHI
KVH INDUSTRIES INCTechnology$178M
0.02%
71DMRC
DIGIMARC CORPTechnology$133M
0.02%
72INSG
INSEEGO CORPTechnology$122M
0.02%
73WYY
WIDEPOINT CORPTechnology$115M
0.02%
74TCX
TUCOWS INCTechnology$114M
0.01%
75SSTI
SOUNDTHINKING INCTechnology$111M
0.01%
76TRT
TRIO-TECH INTERNATIONALTechnology$103M
0.01%
77AEYE
AUDIOEYE INCTechnology$82M
0.01%
78STEM
STEM INCTechnology$56M
0.01%
79TACT
TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology$54M
0.01%

Full long-leg book as of July 2026 · cap-weighted · total market cap $761.55B. Hypothetical model holdings — not a registered fund’s portfolio.

Sector Breakdown

1 sectors
Technology
100.0%

Portfolio Style

Size × value map of the long-leg book

79 classified
Value
Blend
Growth
Large
Mid
Small
22%2
9%4
34%6
4%7
5%11
7%12
1%10
1%7
1%10

Share of long-leg capital by market cap × book-to-market, using terciles of the 421-name universe at July 2026. Rows: Large ≥ $8.9B, Small < $1.9B. Columns: Value ≥ 0.63, Growth < 0.38 B/M. The dot marks the capital-weighted centroid of the book — 87% toward Large, 60% toward Growth. +16% unclassified (10 missing size/value). Hypothetical holdings — descriptive, not realized P&L.

Tilt over time
Size tilt87% → Large
SmallLarge
Value ↔ growth tilt60% → Growth
ValueGrowth

Capital-weighted centroid of the long leg, December 1998July 2026; the right-hand end is the same value as the box’s dot. 79 names now. Hypothetical holdings — descriptive, not P&L.

Constraint checks

How this book measures against the concentration and liquidity rules — as implemented here

How this book was built

These are UNCONSTRAINED factor sleeves: the construction pipeline sorts on a signal and cap-weights the top bucket, applying no issuer cap, no industry cap and no liquidity screen beyond the universe filter. A failing test therefore reports a constraint that was never applied during construction — it is not a defect in the strategy and not an error in the data. The same signal can be solved subject to these constraints.

Passed
5
Failed
1
Not tested
1
Independent checks
7

7 independent checks plus 1 arithmetically implied by another check (RIC / IRC 851(b)(3)(A) 50% bucket), which is reported separately so the tally cannot overstate scrutiny.

1 of 7 checks could not be tested. Those are neither passes nor failures — they are gaps in what the data can answer, and they are excluded from the passed count above rather than folded into it.

  • With respect to 75% of total assets, no more than 5% may be invested in the securities of any one issuer.

    Required
    >= 75.0%
    Actual
    68.2%
    Margin
    -6.8%
Reported separately — arithmetically implied

Engineering approximation of the cited rules for a DRAFT / HYPOTHETICAL model portfolio that is not a registered fund. This reports whether the portfolio passes the stated test AS IMPLEMENTED HERE; it is not a compliance opinion and is not a statement that any fund is compliant. Real filings need securities counsel.

No verdict sits within 1.0pp of its limit.

Data version — panel=20260719T025334 rows=2239262 asof=202607 issuers=20260719T014536 rates=20260804T224700

Measured on the 2026-07 formation date across 79 holdings (cap-weighted). A different formation date can produce different verdicts.

Derivatives risk (Rule 18f-4)

Whether this long-only book is subject to the VaR tests at all

This assessment describes the long-only book this fund holds — the top bucket only.

Governing rule
Rule 18f-4(c)(4) limited derivatives user exception

This fund QUALIFIES for the limited-derivatives-user exception, so it is excepted from the VaR tests; the ratio below is informational, not the operative limit.

Limited derivatives user exceptionby construction

Rule 18f-4(c)(4): a fund whose derivatives exposure (gross notional, including the value of assets sold short) is <= 10% of net assets is excepted from the VaR tests and the full derivatives risk management program.

Qualifies
Required
<= 10% of net assets
Exposure
0% of net assets
Margin
+10pp

No confidence interval: this follows from portfolio construction, not from an estimate.

Rule 18f-4(c)(2)(i): fund VaR at 99% over 20 trading days must not exceed 200% of the designated reference portfolio's VaR on the same basis.

Informational — does not govern

This fund is excepted from the VaR tests, so the ratio below is context rather than the operative limit. It is shown because it is still a description of the book’s risk, not because it decides anything.

Measured
2.4 (95% CI 1.5-2.8)
x reference VaR
Limit
2.00x
<= 2.00x reference VaR
Fund VaR
23.2%
99% / 20d
Reference
9.6%
FF5 market (mkt)

historical method · 331 monthly observations · about 3.3 in the 99% tail · paired percentile bootstrap over months

Same test, three estimators
historical
2.41x
over
parametric
1.84x
within
cornish fisher
1.95x
within

The estimators disagree about the verdict, not just the value — the choice of method decides the answer here. Historical VaR gives ratio 2.41 (fail) but Gaussian VaR gives 1.84 (pass). The pass/fail conclusion is an artefact of estimator choice, not a property of the strategy.

Engineering approximation of SEC Rule 18f-4 for research display. Not a compliance opinion and not a determination that any fund is compliant. Hypothetical model portfolio, not a registered fund.

The research long-short construction behind this factor does not qualify for this exception — a dollar-neutral book counts its full short notional, which is 100% of net assets against a 10% threshold. This product sidesteps that by holding the long leg alone, which is also why the long-leg Sharpe is reported separately throughout the site.

See the long-short verdict on the factor page →

Since publication

Did the edge survive the paper coming out?

published 1996
Entirely since publication
All 331 months of our record post-date the 1996 paper.
Sharpe -0.23-4.7% p.a.January 1999July 2026

There is no “before” to compare against — the predictor was already public when our data begins, so every month shown is out-of-sample relative to the original study.

Split at January of the year after the factor was published. The post-publication stretch IS genuinely out-of-sample relative to the original study -- the predictor was public by then -- so it speaks to whether the effect survived being known. Nothing is fitted here, so this is performance SINCE PUBLICATION, not validation of a model. Note the 'pre' side is our data before publication (our panel starts ~1999), NOT the study's original in-sample period, which usually ran decades earlier; a decay figure compares before-vs-after within our sample and is not a comparison against the published result.

Consistency across eras

Is this record broadly durable, or one regime?

26 windows
Positive windows
35%
9 of 26 3-year windows made money
Worst window
-1.61
Sharpe, January 2005 – December 2007
January 1999July 2026
Median Sharpe
-0.21
Dispersion
0.69
Best window
1.24

3-year rolling windows, stepping 1 year (26 windows). Dispersion is the spread of window Sharpes — higher means the record depends more on which era you look at.

Rules-based factors fit no parameters, so these windows are not out-of-sample tests and do not validate a fitted model. They show whether the factor's record is consistent across eras or driven by one regime.

Returns

Long leg is what this fund holds — long-short is shown for reference

since January 1999
Trailing
PeriodLong legLong-short
1 yearcum.40.5%12.7%
3 yearsp.a.11.8%-29.6%
5 yearsp.a.14.7%-10.1%
10 yearsp.a.21.0%-7.9%
Since inceptionp.a.10.1%-6.6%
Calendar years
YearLong legLong-short
20267 mo19.2%0.8%
20256.1%-25.1%
20247.9%-52.7%
202380.1%34.2%
2022-28.3%23.0%
202129.1%-6.6%
202050.6%-9.2%
201932.9%-12.1%
2018-1.3%0.5%
201733.7%-2.7%
201626.2%0.9%
20153.6%2.5%
20149.6%-6.8%
201346.6%1.8%
201219.0%14.7%
20113.7%14.8%
201030.8%17.8%
200973.4%1.2%
2008-51.9%-18.6%
200710.4%-15.1%
20067.7%-9.4%
2005-5.7%-22.0%
2004-1.8%-10.9%
200364.2%35.2%
2002-55.0%-36.8%
2001-31.1%-26.2%
2000-41.6%-15.2%
1999156.6%0.1%

Long leg = the top bucket this fund holds; long-short additionally shorts the bottom bucket and is not achievable in a long-only vehicle. Trailing figures run through July 2026: 1 year is a plain cumulative 12-month return (cum.), 3 years and longer are annualised (p.a.). Years marked with a month count are partial. These match the fact sheet’s tables by construction. Hypothetical backtest, gross of the placeholder expense ratio and trading costs — not investor results.

Fund Facts

Ticker (pseudo)FACT
IssuerETF Foundry Research (hypothetical)
SeriesHypothetical Model Portfolio Series (not a registered trust)
Expense ratio0.45% (placeholder)
Inception2022-08-15 (placeholder)
Listing exchangeNot listed (hypothetical)
CUSIPNot applicable (hypothetical model portfolio)
RebalanceMonthly
Holdings as ofJuly 2026
Total mkt cap (long leg)$761.55B

Methodology

The Foundry Technology Earnings Quality (Accruals) Factor ETF tracks a rules-based model that ranks Technology common stocks each month by a Earnings Quality (Accruals) signal and holds the top quintile with the lowest values. Signals are computed from point-in-time Sharadar fundamentals and total-return prices. The portfolio reconstitutes monthly and is cap-weighted within the long leg.

This is a hypothetical model portfolio for research display only — not a registered fund, not an offer, and not investment advice.

Documents (draft — hypothetical)

Auto-generated from the model’s metrics and current holdings. Every document is labeled DRAFT / hypothetical.

Summary Prospectus

Objective, fees, strategy, and key risks.

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Prospectus

Full strategy, model methodology, and risks.

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Statement of Additional Information

Policies, construction, and governance.

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Fact Sheet

One-page snapshot with top holdings.

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Daily Holdings

Full current constituent list.

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DRAFT — HYPOTHETICAL MODEL PORTFOLIO — NOT A REGISTERED FUND, NOT AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES, NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE.