{"id":107844,"date":"2021-10-20T10:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=107844"},"modified":"2022-11-21T09:48:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:48:34","slug":"write-downs-near-15-year-lows-post-2020-kitchen-sink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/write-downs-near-15-year-lows-post-2020-kitchen-sink\/","title":{"rendered":"Write-Downs Near 15-Year Lows Post 2020 \u201cKitchen Sink\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In what turned out to be a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-32412594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kitchen sink<\/a>\u201d year, corporate managers used COVID-19 as a justification to write-down more assets in 2020 than any year since 2008. With the books \u201ccleaned up\u201d, S&amp;P 500 companies are on pace to record the lowest amount of write-downs in 15 years. We see a similar trend in Small Cap and All Cap companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this report, we\u2019ll look at the write-down trends across the S&amp;P 500, NC 1500 (our proxy for Small Cap companies), and the NC 2000 (our proxy for All Cap companies).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/its-official-we-offer-the-best-fundamental-data-in-the-world\/\">These reports leverage&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/its-official-we-offer-the-best-fundamental-data-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more reliable fundamental data<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/write-downs-near-15-year-lows-post-2020-kitchen-sink\/#_ftn1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;that overcomes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/evidence-on-the-superiority-of-our-earnings-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flaws with legacy fundamental datasets<\/a>. Our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/earnings-distortion-score-methodology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Earnings Distortion<\/a>&nbsp;factor generates&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/earnings-distortion-the-new-value-factor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">idiosyncratic<\/a>&nbsp;alpha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-s-p-500-1h21-write-downs-are-81-lower-than-1h20\"><strong>S&amp;P 500 1H21: Write-Downs Are 81% Lower than 1H20<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The total value of pre-tax<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/write-downs-near-15-year-lows-post-2020-kitchen-sink\/#_ftn2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;write-downs for the S&amp;P 500 in 1H21 is $33.6 billion, or just 12% of the total write-downs in 2020. Our analysis shows write-downs tend to spike (\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/magazine-32412594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">kitchen sink<\/a>\u201d effect) when stock markets and economic growth sink as they did during the financial crisis of 2008, the economic turbulence in 2015, and the pandemic-driven disruptions in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Figure 1: S&amp;P 500: Total Write-Downs Pre-Tax: 2004<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/write-downs-near-15-year-lows-post-2020-kitchen-sink\/#_ftn3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>[3]<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;through First Half of 2021<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"290\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/newconstructs_10-20-21_1.png\" alt=\"S&amp;P 500: Total Write-Downs Pre-Tax: 2004[3]\u00a0through First Half of 2021\" class=\"wp-image-107845 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/newconstructs_10-20-21_1.png 630w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/newconstructs_10-20-21_1-300x138.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 630px; aspect-ratio: 630\/290;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources: New Constructs, LLC, and company filings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>S&amp;P 500 1H21: Write-Downs by Quarter<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1Q21, S&amp;P 500 companies disclosed $16.3 billion in pre-tax write-downs, 84% less than 1Q20 and just 6% of the total for 2020. In 2Q21, we found another $17.3 billion in pre-tax write-downs for the S&amp;P 500. See Figure 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Figure 2: S&amp;P 500: Write-Downs in 2020 vs 1Q21 and 2Q21<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"630\" height=\"251\" data-src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/newconstructs_10-20-21_2.png\" alt=\"S&amp;P 500: Write-Downs in 2020 vs 1Q21 and 2Q21\" class=\"wp-image-107846 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/newconstructs_10-20-21_2.png 630w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/newconstructs_10-20-21_2-300x120.png 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 630px; aspect-ratio: 630\/251;\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sources: New Constructs, LLC, and company filings<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>S&amp;P 500: Write-Downs In 1H21 vs 1H20<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pre-tax write-downs in the first half of 2021 totaled $33.6 billion or 19% of the total pre-tax value of write-downs in the first half of 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/write-downs-near-15-year-lows-post-2020-kitchen-sink\/\">Click here to read the full article<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This article originally published on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/write-downs-near-15-year-lows-post-2020-kitchen-sink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>October 12, 2021<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disclosure: David Trainer, Kyle Guske II, and Matt Shuler receive no compensation to write about any specific stock, sector, style, or theme.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Follow us on<\/em><a><em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NewConstructs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/newconstructsllc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>,&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/new-constructs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>LinkedIn<\/em><\/a><em>, and&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/stocktwits.com\/dtrainer_NewConstructs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>StockTwits<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;for real-time alerts on all our research.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/write-downs-near-15-year-lows-post-2020-kitchen-sink\/#_ftnref1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[1]<\/a>&nbsp;For 3<sup>rd<\/sup>-party reviews, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/its-official-we-offer-the-best-fundamental-data-in-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Journal of Financial Economics<\/a>, on our more reliable fundamental data, click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/evidence-on-the-superiority-of-our-earnings-data\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/Getting-ROIC-Right.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/write-downs-near-15-year-lows-post-2020-kitchen-sink\/#_ftnref2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[2]<\/a>&nbsp;This report focuses on \u201cpre-tax\u201d values though we also have the after-tax values for all views presented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/write-downs-near-15-year-lows-post-2020-kitchen-sink\/#_ftnref3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">[3]<\/a>&nbsp;Our S&amp;P 500 research goes back to 2004. Our data on All Cap and Small Cap stocks go back to 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newconstructs.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/COVIDWrite-Downs_1H21.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to download a PDF of this report<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In what turned out to be a \u201ckitchen sink\u201d year, corporate managers used COVID-19 as a justification to write-down more assets in 2020 than any year since 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