Audit committee financial expertise and properties of analyst earnings forecasts

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
John L. Abernathy ◽  
Don Herrmann ◽  
Tony Kang ◽  
Gopal V. Krishnan
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Financial Expertise ◽  
Analyst Earnings

The Rewards for Meeting or Beating Managers' Own Earnings Guidance

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Wai Hui ◽  
Alfred Z. Liu ◽  
Yao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Stock Return ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Earnings Guidance ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Earnings Expectations ◽  
Future Performance ◽  
Management Guidance ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
Management Earnings Guidance ◽  
Analyst Earnings

This study documents a stock return premium for meeting or beating management's own earnings guidance (MBMG) 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 MBMG premium relative to the MBAF premium increases when management guidance is more informative. We also find that MBMG is incrementally informative about a firm's future performance after considering MBAF. Our findings suggest that investors consider management earnings guidance to be a performance threshold in addition to analyst earnings forecasts when forming earnings expectations.

Market Reaction to Abnormal Inventory Growth: Evidence for Managerial Decision-Making

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten A. Cook ◽  
G. Ryan Huston ◽  
Michael R. Kinney ◽  
Jeffery S. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Earnings Forecasts ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Fixed Costs ◽  
Managerial Decision ◽  
Managerial Decision Making ◽  
Investor Confidence ◽  
Analyst Earnings ◽  
Market Premium

Prior research demonstrates that manufacturing firms increase production (relative to sales) to transfer fixed costs from cost of goods sold (COGS) to inventory accounts, thereby increasing income to reach or surpass earnings thresholds. We examine how the market reacts to this earnings management strategy. We find that investors respond positively to inventory growth based on an expectation of increased future sales; however, this signal is weaker for inventory manipulators. Further, the market premium from meeting or beating analyst earnings forecasts by manipulating inventory is smaller than the premium for achieving this threshold absent inventory manipulation or through accrual manipulation. Finally, we examine firms considered to be “serial” inventory manipulators, finding that the market consistently discounts earnings beats for these firms, suggesting that inventory manipulation erodes investor confidence in firms’ earnings. Collectively, our results provide new insights into a challenge facing operations managers and finance managers in manufacturing firms.

The direct and indirect effect of the existence of risk management on the relationship between audit committee and corporate social responsibility disclosure

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (9) ◽  
pp. 4125-4138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami R.M. Musallam
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Indirect Effect ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Committee Meeting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Expertise ◽  
Csr Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the direct and indirect effect of the existence of risk management on the relationship between audit committee and corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure in Palestine.Design/methodology/approachThe study utilizes a panel data of 31 Palestinian listed companies from 2010 to 2016. It also utilizes structural equation modeling (SEM) model.FindingsThe results of SEM model find a significant positive relationship of the existence of risk management, audit committee meeting and audit committee size with CSR disclosure. However, audit committee financial expertise has a significant negative relationship with CSR disclosure. The results also find a significant relationship of audit committee meeting and audit committee financial expertise with CSR disclosure through the existence of risk management.Practical implicationsThis study is important to policymakers, accounting professionals and shareholders on the extent to which audit committee related to such committee efficiency in monitoring CSR disclosure.Social implicationsThis study adds to the existing literature by investigating the direct and indirect effect of the existence of risk management on the relationship between audit committee and CSR disclosure in Palestine as one of the youngest market in region that assists to test the validity of agency theory in a young and small emerging market context.Originality/valueIt is the first study to investigate the direct and indirect effect of the existence of risk management on the relationship between audit committee and CSR disclosure in Palestine.

scholarly journals An Investigation on the Audit Committees Effectiveness: The Case for GLCs in Malaysia

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Nazlia Jamil ◽  
Sherliza Puat Nelson
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Reporting Quality ◽  
Audit Committees ◽  
Financial Reporting Quality ◽  
Financial Expertise ◽  
Monitoring Mechanism ◽  
The Impact

Financial reporting quality has been under scrutiny especially after the collapse of major companies. The main objective of this study is to investigate the audit committee’s effectiveness on the financial reporting quality among the Malaysian GLCs following the transformation program. In particular, the study examined the impact of audit committee characteristics (independence, size, frequency of meeting and financial expertise) on earnings management in periods prior to and following the transformation program (2003-2009). As of 31 December 2010, there were 33 public-listed companies categorized as Government-Linked Companies (GLC Transformation Policy, 2010) and there were 20 firms that have complete data that resulted in the total number of firm-year observations to 120 for six years (years 2003-2009).  Results show that the magnitude of earnings management as proxy of financial reporting quality is influenced by the audit committee independence. Agency theory was applied to explain audit committee, as a monitoring mechanism as well as reducing agency costs via gaining competitive advantage in knowledge, skills, and expertise towards financial reporting quality. The study is important as it provides additional knowledge about the impact of audit committees effectiveness on reducing the earnings management, and assist practitioners, policymakers and regulators such as Malaysian Institute of Accountants, Securities Commission and government to determine ways to enhance audit committees effectiveness and improve the financial reporting of GLCs, as well as improving the quality of the accounting profession.     

scholarly journals Pengaruh Sales Growth dan Keahlian Keuangan Komite Audit terhadap FinancialDistress.(Studi Empiris Pada Perusahaan Manufaktur Sub Sektor Otomotif dan Komponen yang Terdaftar di Bursa Efek IndonesiaPeriode 2012-2016)

2019 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurhayati Nurhayati
Keyword(s):  
Financial Distress ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Linear Regression Method ◽  
Sales Growth ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Financial Expertise ◽  
Negative Effect

Abstract. This study aims to determine the effect of sales growth and financial expertise of audit committee to financial distress. The research method used is descriptive research method with quantitative approach. Analyzer used in this research is multiple regression analysis by using sample of research as many as 9 manufacturing companies of the automotive and component sub-sector listed on The Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2012-2016. Hypothesis testing is done by multiple linear regression method using SPSS version 17. The result showed that the sales growth variable has no significant negative effect to financial distress, and financial expertise of audit committee has negative and significant effect to financial distress. The result of this study can be recommendation for investor to be able to analyse the company’s financial statements related to the decision to invest. Recommendation for the next researchers to be able to research all of manufacturing companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange and used other indicator of financial ratios contained in balance sheet, income statements, and cash flow statements.Keywords: Financial Distress, Audit Committee Financial Expertise, Sales Growth.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Karakteristik Komite Audit, Perusahaan dan Struktur Kepemilikan Terhadap Kecurangan Pelaporan Keuangan

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Andrian Budi Prasetyo
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Ownership Structure ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Fraudulent Financial Reporting ◽  
Financial Expertise ◽  
Firm Characteristic

This study examines the effect of audit committee characteristics, firm characteristic and ownership structure on the likelihood of fraudulent financial reporting. Audit committee characteristics is examined by audit committee financial expertise, meetings of the audit committee and the audit committee tenure. Firm characteristic is examined by the leverage, firm size, firm’s growth rate and external auditor. Ownership structure is examined by managerial ownership and institutional ownership. This research is using a quantitative methods research. This research is using secondary data that comes from the cases list of Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK) and annual reports of the listed companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). Using a sample of 15 fraud and 15 non-fraud firms, we did not find a significant relation between the independent variabels and fraudulent financial reporting.

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