The market reaction to open market share repurchases announcements: The South African experience

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (65) ◽  
pp. 25-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
N Bhana
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Market Reaction ◽  
Share Repurchases ◽  
Open Market ◽  
The South ◽  
African Experience ◽  
Open Market Share Repurchases

scholarly journals Market reaction to tender and private offers on the JSE

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Wesson ◽  
C. Muller ◽  
M. Ward
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Market Reaction ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Share Repurchases ◽  
Share Repurchase ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Significant Information ◽  
Tender Offers ◽  
Open Market Share Repurchases

Investors can benefit when incorporating the information-signalling effect of share repurchases in their investment strategies. Previous South African studies on open market share repurchases confirmed the globally observed signalling-effect, but found open market share repurchases not to be the outright favoured share repurchase type in this country – as is the case globally. The present study is the first to examine the market reaction to the preferred share repurchase type, namely specific (or tender and private offers) share repurchases, in the South African regulatory environment. Abnormal returns were calculated using a 12-parameter benchmark over a four-year event window, for share repurchases announced from 1999 to 2009. Pro rata tender offers were found not to possess information-signalling benefits, but significant excess returns subsequent to the announcement date were reported for the two private offer types (namely other specific offers and the repurchase by the holding company of shares held by subsidiaries). The other specific offers were found to possess significant information-signalling benefits – especially over the long term and in respect of value companies.

scholarly journals EU Regulation and open market share repurchases: new evidence

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Angeliki Drousia ◽  
Athanasios Episcopos ◽  
George N. Leledakis ◽  
Emmanouil G. Pyrgiotakis
Keyword(s):  
Market Share ◽  
Share Repurchases ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Eu Regulation ◽  
New Evidence ◽  
Open Market Share Repurchases

Earnings smoothing around open-market share repurchases

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-80
Author(s):  
Hui Di ◽  
Dalia Marciukaityte
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Market Share ◽  
Discretionary Accruals ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Share Repurchases ◽  
Open Market ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Operating Cash Flows ◽  
Earnings Smoothing ◽  
Open Market Share Repurchases

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether firms engage in earnings decreasing management before share repurchases to mislead investors or to smooth earnings and improve earnings informativeness. Design/methodology/approach – The authors examine discretionary accruals and cash flows around open-market share repurchases. The primary discretionary accruals measure is industry- and performance-adjusted discretionary current accruals estimated from cash-flow data. Findings – Results show that, firms experience temporary increases in operating cash flows and use negative discretionary accruals to smooth earnings before share repurchases. Firms with the highest pre-repurchase cash flows use the lowest pre-repurchase discretionary accruals. Moreover, pre-repurchase discretionary accruals reflect expectations about future operating cash flows. Firms with the strongest deterioration in operating cash flows after repurchases use the lowest pre-repurchase discretionary accruals. These findings suggest that repurchasing firms use earnings management to increase smoothness and predictability of reported earnings rather than to mislead investors. Originality/value – This paper provides an alternative explanation to the finding of negative discretionary accruals before share repurchases. It adds to the literature on repurchases and earnings smoothing by showing that firms use earnings management around share repurchases to smooth earnings.

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