国泰海通｜金工：5月小盘、价值风格有望占优

Group 1: Small Cap and Value Style Rotation Strategy - The latest quantitative model signals indicate a shift towards small-cap style for May, with historical data suggesting small-cap style is likely to outperform in this month [1] - The current market capitalization factor valuation spread is at 1.05, which is relatively low compared to historical highs of 1.7 to 2.6, indicating potential for small-cap outperformance [1] - Year-to-date, the small-cap style rotation strategy has achieved an excess return of 2.94% relative to an equal-weighted benchmark (CSI 300 and CSI 2000) [1] Group 2: Value and Growth Style Rotation Strategy - The latest quantitative model signals continue to favor value style for May, with expectations for value style to maintain its advantage [2] - Year-to-date, the value-growth style rotation strategy has generated an excess return of 4.6% compared to an equal-weighted benchmark (National Growth and National Value) [2] Group 3: Factor Performance Tracking - Among eight major factors, momentum and growth factors showed high positive returns in April, while liquidity and volatility factors exhibited high negative returns [2] - Year-to-date, momentum, analyst sentiment, and earnings volatility factors have shown positive returns, whereas industry momentum, liquidity, and short-term reversal factors have shown negative returns [2]