Iridium unveils new report on machine learning algorithms for investor relations

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Mita Srinivasan
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Iridium unveils new report on machine learning algorithms for investor relations

Four different machine learning algorithms were deployed to analyze 9 million data points across 673 global banks, including 65 GCC banks, to explain what drives bank valuations

A new data science project by Iridium Advisors uses four different machine learning algorithms to calculate the impact of 30 financial and non-financial valuation drivers. The Iridium Quant Lens machine learning platform was built on the foundations of classic finance theory that a company's stock price is derived through an evaluation of risk relative to return factors by equity market participants. In order to identify the financial and non-financial drivers of bank valuations, four different machine learning algorithms were deployed to consider 30 risk and return metrics, compiled from over 9 million data points, and covering 673 banks globally. The Quant Lens algorithms were run separately for all banks and for 65 GCC banks over different time horizons ranging from 1 to 10 years.

Iridium's algorithms proved successful in decomposing valuation drivers and, in aggregate, explained 86% of valuation variability for the test data set and 91 percent of the full data set. Furthermore, some individual models, such as the 3-year models for GCC banks, explained up 95 percent of the test data set and 98 percent of the full data set.

Oliver Schutzmann, CEO of Iridium Advisors, said: "Many boards and management teams in emerging markets have not yet invested sufficiently in investor relations because they do not fully understand the value it adds. To this background, we sought to take a scientific and systematic approach to show how the business value they create can be translated into market value, and thereby quantify the value of investor relations. With the insights gained from Iridium Quant Lens Machine Learning algorithms, we can now help business leaders understand what exactly drives their market value and show them how to unlock material valuation potential."

A significant finding of this study was that the quality of investor relations – based on the classification - is a highly material factor consistently influencing valuations of GCC banks. In fact, for most models it was the third most important factor impacting price to tangible book value (P/TBV) and explained 6 percent of share price variability on average.

You can download the full report "The Value of Investor Relations Quantified” here.