Employee Flexibility, Exogenous Risk, and Firm Value

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiu-Yik Au ◽  
Ming Dong ◽  
Andreanne Tremblay
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Policy Uncertainty ◽  
Earnings Announcement ◽  
Exogenous Shocks ◽  
Announcement Returns ◽  
Workforce Flexibility ◽  
External Risk ◽  
High Flexibility

We hypothesize that employee flexibility enhances firm value by helping firms respond to exogenous shocks. We estimate employee-flexibility scores through textual analysis of online job reviews, and we find that a high flexibility score leads to superior stock returns for firms exposed to external risk. During 2011–2017, the value-weighted hedge portfolio formed on employee flexibility earned a 5-factor annualized alpha of 9.5% during periods of high policy uncertainty. Earnings-announcement returns also suggest that investors do not fully value workforce flexibility. These results indicate that employee flexibility is a valuable corporate intangible that helps firms to manage risk during uncertain times.

The Credibility of Open Market Share Repurchase Signaling

2012 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. 1059-1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilona Babenko ◽  
Yuri Tserlukevich ◽  
Alexander Vedrashko
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Share Repurchase ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Announcement Returns ◽  
Repurchase Announcements

AbstractOpen market share repurchase announcements are commonly associated with equity undervaluation, but their signal about firm value can often be misleading. We conjecture that executives who buy shares of their firm before an announcement add credibility to the undervaluation signal. Consistent with this hypothesis, we find that announcement returns are positively related to past insider purchases, especially for firms that are priced less efficiently. Firms whose insiders bought more shares are also more likely to complete their repurchase plans. Finally, we find that insider purchases predict post-announcement stock returns.

Can Twitter Help Predict Firm-Level Earnings and Stock Returns?

2017 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eli Bartov ◽  
Lucile Faurel ◽  
Partha S. Mohanram
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Stock Trading ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Quarterly Earnings ◽  
Announcement Returns ◽  
Twitter Activity ◽  
Original Information

ABSTRACT Prior research has examined how companies exploit Twitter in communicating with investors, and whether Twitter activity predicts the stock market as a whole. We test whether opinions of individuals tweeted just prior to a firm's earnings announcement predict its earnings and announcement returns. Using a broad sample from 2009 to 2012, we find that the aggregate opinion from individual tweets successfully predicts a firm's forthcoming quarterly earnings and announcement returns. These results hold for tweets that convey original information, as well as tweets that disseminate existing information, and are stronger for tweets providing information directly related to firm fundamentals and stock trading. Importantly, our results hold even after controlling for concurrent information or opinion from traditional media sources, and are stronger for firms in weaker information environments. Our findings highlight the importance of considering the aggregate opinion from individual tweets when assessing a stock's future prospects and value.

SKEWNESS AND THE ASYMMETRY IN EARNINGS ANNOUNCEMENT RETURNS

2015 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 145-168
Author(s):  
Benjamin M. Blau ◽  
J. Michael Pinegar ◽  
Ryan J. Whitby
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Announcement ◽  
Announcement Returns ◽  
The Asymmetry

scholarly journals The effect of debt policy, company value, company size, investment cash flow on stock returns on mining companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Ardhia Prameswari Regita Cahyani ◽  
Carolyn Lukita Sembiring
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Company Size ◽  
Mining Company ◽  
Mining Companies ◽  
Company Value ◽  
Debt Policy

Investment is a delay in consumption now to be allocated to productive assets which are expected to generate profits in the future, which is called stocks return.  Mining company in Indonesia is an attractive sector to invest in stocks because from a geographical perspective, Indonesia is an archipelago structure that contains mining products. There are risks that will be experienced by investors when investing, namely systematic risk and unsystematic risk. Unsystematic risk can be avoided because related to management decisions. Knowing and analyzing the effect of debt policy, firm value, company size, investment cash flow on stock returns on mining companies listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange. The statistical method used in this study is multiple regression analysis. The sample in this study is a mining company that has go public and published audited financial statements 2013-2017 with 84 data processed consisting of 28 companies each year. The results of hypothesis testing can be concluded that debt policy and firm value have significant effect on stock returns while firm size and investment cash flow does not have significant effect on stock returns. Investor will be interested in investing in companies with good financial performance rather than bad financial performance.

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