The Treynor Ratio is one more number to help you understand the risk-adjusted returns of an investment 📊
💡 Treynor Ratio = (investment return ➖ risk free rate) ➗ investment Beta
So it's just like the Sharpe or Sortino Ratios, except you divide by the Beta of the investment.
💡 Beta = how closely a stock changes with the rest of the market 🎢
A higher Beta means higher risk, as the investment might have larger ups and downs. 📈📉
Let's say Tesla stock had a 20% return in the last year 🚘
The risk-free rate was 4% ⚡
And Tesla's Beta was 2.5 🚗
Then, you can plug in these numbers into the formula: (20% ➖4%) ➗ 2.5 = 0.064 🧮
So, Tesla's Treynor Ratio is 0.064 👏
Let's say Ford's return in the last year was 6%, but its Treynor Ratio is 0.12 🛻
Then, even though Ford had a lower return, it had a better risk-adjusted return than Tesla 🏆
Lastly, just remember that a higher Sharpe, Sortino or Treynor Ratio doesn't necessarily mean a 'better' investment 🤔
These numbers are all based on past data, and the future could always look different 🌅