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title: ML Earnings Forecasts and Investor Expectations
url: https://www.ml-quant.com/papers/ssrn/4673392/
site: ML-Quant (https://www.ml-quant.com)
updated: 2026-09-26
license: Summaries CC BY 4.0; links go to the original sources
index: https://www.ml-quant.com/llms.txt
identifier: SSRN 4673392
source_url: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4673392
featured: 2024-01-03
citations: unknown
topic: Econometrics & Forecasting
---


# ML Earnings Forecasts and Investor Expectations

The research indicates that machine learning can enhance earnings forecasts, especially for small firms and longer horizons, and that investors' expectations align with the best machine forecast.

- Source: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4673392
- Identifier: SSRN 4673392
- Released: 2023-07-10
- First featured: Quant Letter No. 31 (2024-01-03): https://www.ml-quant.com/issues/2024-01-03/
- Citations (Semantic Scholar): not tracked
- Published in: not yet
- Topic: Econometrics & Forecasting

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