The results indicate that, on average, the forecasted accounting vari ables explain 68 percent of the variation in price per share. Note that this relatively high degree of explanatory power is achieved despite the exclu sion of three-year-ahead forecasts and with the assumptions that (1) dis count rates are constant across firms, (2) accounting conservatism is con stant across firms, (3) the Value Line forecasts fully reflect available information, and (4) the price per share is efficient with respect to that information.