Download or read book The Impact of Meeting Or Beating Analysts Earnings written by Entesar Abdullah and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Analyst Coverage and the Likelihood of Meeting Or Beating Analyst Earnings Forecasts written by Shawn X. Huang and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper examines the relation between analyst coverage and whether firms meet or beat analyst earnings forecasts. We distinguish between whether a firm's reported quarterly earnings meet (i.e., equal or exceed by one cent) or beat (i.e., exceed by more than one cent) its consensus analyst earnings forecasts. We find a positive relation between analyst coverage and whether a firm meets or beats analyst forecasts. However, the more pronounced relation is that between analyst coverage and meeting analyst forecasts. Also, when we consider exogenous shocks to analyst coverage due to brokerage mergers or closures and conglomerate spinoffs, we continue to find a robust positive relation only between analyst coverage and meeting analyst forecasts. To shed light on the causal relation involved, we examine and find that greater analyst coverage is associated with a significantly larger market reaction to negative earnings surprises. We also document that firms with greater analyst coverage are more likely to guide analyst earnings forecasts downwards. Taken together, our evidence suggests that greater analyst coverage raises the pressure on managers to meet analyst earnings forecasts.
Download or read book The Effect of Meeting or Beating Revenue Forecasts on the Association between Quarterly Returns and Earnings Forecast Errors written by Lynn L. Rees and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent studies in the accounting literature provide evidence of a market premium whenever firms meet or exceed analysts' earnings forecasts. Financial analysts typically issue revenue forecasts in addition to earnings forecasts. In this study, we draw our motivation from the cue consistency theory to examine whether meeting or exceeding revenue forecasts serves as an additional cue to the market in pricing earnings performance. Consistent with this theory, we show that the market premium (penalty) to meeting or beating (not meeting) earnings forecasts is accentuated when revenue forecasts are also met (not met). Meeting earnings forecasts but not meeting revenue forecasts generally results in a significantly negative market penalty, and the magnitude of the earnings response coefficient jointly depends on whether the earnings and revenue forecasts are met or not. Finally, consistent with previous research, we document a significant association between revenue forecast errors and quarterly abnormal returns. However, we show that after allowing for differential market reactions depending on whether earnings and revenue forecasts are met, this association becomes insignificant. This result suggests that the value of meeting revenue forecasts is arguably of greater importance to market participants than the magnitude of the revenue forecast error.
Download or read book Does the Market Reward Meeting Or Beating Analyst Earnings Forecasts Empirical Evidence from China written by Guqiang Luo and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While analyst earnings forecasts are crucial earnings benchmarks in equity valuation, existing studies provide no consensus on whether the market rewards firms for beating analyst earnings expectations. Using a sample of 9,898 firm-year observations from 1,821 unique Chinese listed firms over the period from 2004 to 2019, we document a stock return premium for beating analyst forecasts by a wide margin. However, there is no stock return premium for firms that meet or just beat analyst forecasts, suggesting that the market is skeptical of earnings management by these firms. This market underreaction is more pronounced for firms with weak external monitoring. Further analysis shows that meeting or just beating analyst forecasts is indicative of superior future financial performance. We do not find firms using earnings management to meet or just beat analyst forecasts. Overall, we provide evidence of market underreaction to meeting or just beating analyst forecasts, with the market's over-skepticism of earnings management being a plausible mechanism for this phenomenon.
Download or read book Meeting or Beating Analyst Expectations in the Post Scandals World written by Kevin Koh and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pressure to meet/beat analysts' expectations is often blamed for the recent onslaught of accounting scandals. We investigate changes in the meeting/beating phenomenon post-scandals and find that the stock market premium to meeting or just beating analyst estimates has disappeared while the premium to beating by a larger margin has diminished. In the post-scandals period, managers tend to meet or just beat analysts' forecasts less often. Further, managers rely less on income-increasing discretionary accruals and more on earnings guidance. Consistent with lower earnings management, the relation between meeting/beating and future operating performance has increased post-scandals, suggesting that the decline in market premium is possibly unwarranted.
Download or read book Other Information as an Explanatory Factor for the Market Reactions to Firms Meeting Or Beating Analyst Forecasts written by Vincent Y. S. Chen and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although analyst forecasts are one of the most critical thresholds for setting the market's expectations, the meeting of analyst forecasts is not always followed by a positive market reaction. In this study, I find that the market reacts negatively to 41 percent of firms that meet or beat analyst forecasts and positively to 44 percent of firms that miss analyst forecasts. Intuitively, the seemingly counterintuitive market reactions to firms' meeting or beating analyst forecasts indicate that the market's expectations about a firm's future earnings is based not only on earnings but also on 'other information'. I estimate the content of 'other information' in analyst forecasts as a basis for the seemingly opposite direction of the market reactions and find that content to be an explanatory factor. Specifically, I find that the market values a firm's long-run growth, market risk, forecast precision, accounting loss, price decreases from the prior quarter and the past history of meeting or beating analyst forecasts when assessing the firm's meeting or beating analyst forecast expectations. I also find the evidence, however, that the market overestimates the persistence of the other information in analyst forecasts about future earnings. Overall, I find that the market does not functionally fixate on earnings when valuing firms' meeting or beating analyst forecasts. The consequences of capital market concerns of the meeting or beating analyst expectations seem to have been overemphasized.
Download or read book The Effect of Meeting Analyst Forecasts and Systematic Positive Forecast Errors on the Information Content of Unexpected Earnings written by Thomas J. Lopez and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper focuses on two distinct, but related, issues with respect to managers' incentives to report earnings that meet or exceed analysts' expectations. First, we assess the differential stock price sensitivity to earnings that meet or exceed analysts' expectations compared to those that do not. Second, we examine whether the market implicitly revises analysts' earnings forecasts for firms that systematically report earnings that exceed forecasts. We find that the earnings response coefficient (ERC) is significantly higher for firms that meet analysts' forecasts. Additionally, we find that the market recognizes and adjusts the forecast error of firms that exhibit a systematic pattern of reporting positive or negative unexpected earnings. The market fully adjusts for the systematic component of the forecast error when it is negative; however, only a partial adjustment is made when the systematic component is positive. Overall, our evidence suggests that managers who try to report earnings that meet analysts' forecasts are responding to two market incentives. First, the market provides a premium to positive forecast errors and assigns a higher multiple to the level of positive unexpected earnings. Second, though the market recognizes systematic bias in analysts' forecasts, it does not fully adjust for systematically positive forecast errors. Our evidence provides, at a minimum, a partial explanation for managers' fixation on reporting positive unexpected earnings.
Download or read book Consistency in Meeting Or Beating Earnings Expectations and Management Earnings Forecasts written by William Kross and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper provides evidence that firms that have consistently met or beaten analysts' earnings expectations (MBE) provide more frequent “bad news” management forecasts than firms with no established string of MBE, particularly when existing analyst forecasts are optimistic. This suggests that firms with a consistent MBE record are more likely to guide analysts' expectations downward to avoid breaking the consistency. Subsequent analyst forecast revisions following bad news management forecasts issued by these firms are dampened, implying that analysts suspect that these forecasts may be opportunistic. The relation between management forecasts and MBE consistency is stronger after Regulation FD.
Download or read book The Rewards for Meeting Or Beating Managers Own Earnings Forecasts written by Kai Wai Hui and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study documents a stock return premium for meeting or beating management's own earnings forecasts (MBMF) that is separate and distinct from the premium for meeting or beating analysts' earnings forecasts (MBAF) documented in prior literature. Cross-sectional analyses reveal that the MBMF premium relative to the MBAF premium increases when management forecasts are historically more accurate and are released closer to earnings announcement dates. We also find that MBMF is incrementally informative about a firm's future performance, CEO turnover, and forecast accuracy after considering MBAF. Our findings suggest that investors consider management earnings forecasts as an additional performance metric, along with analyst earnings forecasts, when forming earnings expectations.
Download or read book Earnings Management written by Joshua Ronen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-08-06 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of earnings management, aimed at scholars and professionals in accounting, finance, economics, and law. The authors address research questions including: Why are earnings so important that firms feel compelled to manipulate them? What set of circumstances will induce earnings management? How will the interaction among management, boards of directors, investors, employees, suppliers, customers and regulators affect earnings management? How to design empirical research addressing earnings management? What are the limitations and strengths of current empirical models?
Download or read book Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting New Series Vol 17 written by Cheng F.Lee and published by Center for PBBEFR & Ainosco Press. This book was released on 2020-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.
Download or read book Probability of Meeting beating Analysts Forecasts and Market Reaction to Earnings Announcements written by Mei Cheng and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Classificatory Earnings Management and Meeting Or Beating Analysts Earnings Forecasts written by Shu Lin and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Handbook of Financial Communication and Investor Relations written by Alexander V. Laskin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-09-14 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to offer a global look at the state-of-the-art thinking and practice in investor relations and financial communication Featuring contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in financial communication and related fields—including public relations, corporate communications, finance, and accounting— this volume in the critically acclaimed “Handbooks in Communication and Media” seriesprovides readers with a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of investor relations and financial communications as they are practiced in North America and around the world. The Handbook of Financial Communication and Investor Relations provides an overview of the past, present, and future of investor relations and financial communications as a profession. It identifies the central issues of contemporary investor relations and financial communications practice, including financial information versus non-financial information, intangibles, risk, value, and growth. Authors address key topics of concern to contemporary practitioners, such as socially responsible investing, corporate governance, shareholder activism, ethics, and professionalism. In addition, the book arms readers with metrics and proven techniques for reliably measuring and evaluating the effectiveness of investor relations and financial communications. Bringing together the most up-to-date research on investor relations and financial communication and the insights and expertise of an all-star team of practitioners, The Handbook of Financial Communication and Investor Relations: Explores how the profession is practiced in various regions of the globe, including North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, India, Australia, and other areas Provides a unique look at financial communication as it is practiced beyond the corporate world, including in families, the medical profession, government, and the not-for-profit sector Addresses “big-picture” strategies as well as specific tactics for financial communication during crises, the use of social media, dealing with shareholder activism, integrated reporting and CSR, and more This book makes an ideal reference resource for undergrads and graduate students, scholars, and practitioners studying or researching investor relations and financial communication across schools of communication, journalism, business, and management. It also offers professionals an up-to-date, uniquely holistic look at best practices in financial communication investor relations worldwide.
Download or read book Behavioral Finance written by H. Kent Baker and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 1184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive guide to the growing field of behavioral finance This reliable resource provides a comprehensive view of behavioral finance and its psychological foundations, as well as its applications to finance. Comprising contributed chapters written by distinguished authors from some of the most influential firms and universities in the world, Behavioral Finance provides a synthesis of the most essential elements of this discipline, including psychological concepts and behavioral biases, the behavioral aspects of asset pricing, asset allocation, and market prices, as well as investor behavior, corporate managerial behavior, and social influences. Uses a structured approach to put behavioral finance in perspective Relies on recent research findings to provide guidance through the maze of theories and concepts Discusses the impact of sub-optimal financial decisions on the efficiency of capital markets, personal wealth, and the performance of corporations Behavioral finance has quickly become part of mainstream finance. If you need to gain a better understanding of this topic, look no further than this book.
Download or read book Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting New Series 2013 Vol 11 written by Cheng F. Lee and published by Center for PBBEFR & Airiti Press. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Quantitative Analysis of Finance and Accounting (New Series) is an annual publication designed to disseminate developments in the quantitative analysis of finance and accounting. The publication is a forum for statistical and quantitative analyses of issues in finance and accounting as well as applications of quantitative methods to problems in financial management, financial accounting, and business management. The objective is to promote interaction between academic research in finance and accounting and applied research in the financial community and the accounting profession.
Download or read book Earnings Management written by Joshua Ronen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a study of earnings management, aimed at scholars and professionals in accounting, finance, economics, and law. The authors address research questions including: Why are earnings so important that firms feel compelled to manipulate them? What set of circumstances will induce earnings management? How will the interaction among management, boards of directors, investors, employees, suppliers, customers and regulators affect earnings management? How to design empirical research addressing earnings management? What are the limitations and strengths of current empirical models?
