Market reactions to corporate name changes: evidence from the Toronto Stock Exchange

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest N. Biktimirov ◽  
Farooq Durrani
Keyword(s):  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Toronto Stock Exchange ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Name Change ◽  
Name Changes

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine stock price and trading volume reactions to name changes of the Toronto Stock Exchange listed companies. Previous studies present conflicting evidence on reactions to corporate name changes in US and other capital markets. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the event study methodology to calculate abnormal returns and trading volume around the announcement, approval, and effective dates of corporate name changes. It also contrasts abnormal returns between major and minor name changes, signaling focused and diversified strategies, accompanied with a ticker symbol change and without a ticker change, structural and pure name changes, as well as brand adoption and radical name changes. Findings Companies tend to experience a significant run-up in stock price in the period preceding the announcement of a name change. The stocks also show a significant positive abnormal return around the effective date. In addition, corporate name changes are associated with significant increases in trading volume for several days starting from the approval date. Most importantly, the type of a name change matters, as reflected in significance levels of abnormal return and trading volume reactions to various types of corporate name changes. Research limitations/implications The limitation of this study comes from the difficulty to precisely identify the date when the market learns about a possible corporate name change. Originality/value This study is the first to examine market reactions to name changes of Toronto Stock Exchange listed companies. Most importantly, whereas previous studies focus on the announcement day, this paper also considers the approval and effective days. It also contrasts responses between name changes accompanied with a new ticker and name changes without a ticker change.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Employee Stock Ownership Program Terhadap Average Abnormal Return Perusahaan Perbankan

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-55
Author(s):  
Agung Suprayogi ◽  
Abdul Basyith
Keyword(s):  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Stock Ownership ◽  
Employee Stock Ownership ◽  
Average Abnormal Return ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Before And After

This research was conducted to see the effect of the implementation of the Employee Stock Ownership Program on average abnormal returns of banking companies before and after applying ESOP and trading volume. The aim is to find out the difference in average abnormal return before and after applying the ESOP. The variable used in this study is average abnormal return. The period of this research event is 20 days, 10 days, 5 days and 1 day which are divided before and days after the date of application. This study examines banking companies that apply the Employee Stock Ownership Program listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange so that data is obtained from trading in the company's stock price. The sampling criteria used a purposive sampling method in order to obtain 9 samples. The hypothesis method used in the normally distributed data is Paired Samples T-test. The result is that all average abnormal return periods both on the first and the last date of the ESOP application have a significant value >0.05, which means that the entire event period of the variable is proven to have no significant difference both before and after the banking company applies the Employee Stock Ownership Program.

Market reactions to changes in the Dow Jones industrial average index

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 792-812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernest N. Biktimirov ◽  
Yuanbin Xu
Keyword(s):  
Stock Price ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Analyst Following ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Dow Jones Industrial Average ◽  
Index Changes ◽  
Investor Awareness

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine changes in stock returns, liquidity, institutional ownership, analyst following and investor awareness for companies added to and deleted from the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index. Previous studies report conflicting evidence regarding the market reactions to changes in the DJIA index membership. Design/methodology/approach This study uses the event-study methodology to calculate abnormal returns and trading volume around the announcement and effective days of DJIA index changes from 1929 to 2015. It also tests for significant changes in liquidity, institutional ownership, analyst following and investor awareness in the 1990–2015 period. Multivariate regressions are used to perform a simultaneous analysis of competing hypotheses. Findings This study resolves the mixed results of previous DJIA index papers by documenting different stock price and trading volume reactions over the 1929–2015 period. Focusing on the most recent period, 1990–2015, the study finds that stocks added to (deleted from) the index experience a significant permanent stock price gain (loss). The observed stock price reaction seems to be associated with changes in liquidity proxies thus lending support for the liquidity hypothesis. Research limitations/implications Limited data availability for the periods prior to 1990 prevents this study from identifying the exact reasons for different stock price and trading volume reactions across subperiods of the 1929–2015 period. Originality/value This study provides the most comprehensive examination of market reactions to changes in the DJIA index and resolves the mixed results of previous studies. A better understanding of market reactions around the DJIA index changes can help both individual and institutional investors with developing effective trading strategies and index managing companies with designing optimal announcement policies.

Market reactions to the inclusion of people with disabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Araceli Hernández González
Keyword(s):  
Event Study ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Study Methodology ◽  
Research Advance ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThis study aims to provide evidence of market reactions to organizations' inclusion of people with disabilities. Cases from financial journals in 1989–2014 were used to analyze the impact of actions taken by organizations to include or discriminate people with disabilities in terms of the companies' stock prices.Design/methodology/approachThis research is conducted as an event study where the disclosure of information on an organization's actions toward people with disabilities is expected to impact the organization's stock price. The window of the event was set as (−1, +1) days. Stock prices were analyzed to detect abnormal returns during this period.FindingsResults support the hypotheses that investors value inclusion and reject discrimination. Furthermore, the impact of negative actions is immediate, whereas the impact of positive actions requires at least an additional day to influence the firm's stock price. Some differences among the categories were found; for instance, employment and customer events were significantly more important to a firm's stock price than philanthropic actions. It was observed that philanthropic events produce negative abnormal returns on average.Originality/valueThe event study methodology provides a different perspective to practices in organizations regarding people with disabilities. Moreover, the findings in this research advance the literature by highlighting that organizations should consider policies and practices that include people with disabilities.

The effect of the imposition of a public reprimand on the stock price of companies in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emie Famieza Zainudin ◽  
Hafiza Aishah Hashim ◽  
Shahnaz Ismail
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
A Company

Purpose This paper aims to examine the effect of the imposition of public reprimands on the underlying stock prices of companies in Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach Data on 148 companies that received public reprimands during the period from 2007 to 2013 were collected from the Bursa Malaysia website to analyse the market reactions to the imposition of public reprimands. Findings Based on a market model of abnormal returns, the empirical result showed that the imposition of a public reprimand had a negative impact on a company’s stock price. Moreover, when a market model of average abnormal returns (AAR) was used, the result indicated that companies that had received a public reprimand had a negative AAR value. Research limitations/implications The findings from this study have implications for shareholders in making their investment decisions because they can switch their investments to other companies and markets after a company in which they are interested or have made an investment has received a public reprimand. Originality/value There is limited research on the imposition of public reprimands and the effect that it has on companies in developing countries. Hence, this study contributes to research in this area by providing evidence on the effect of public reprimand on stock price reactions in the context of a developing country, namely, Malaysia.

scholarly journals Initial bank loans, zero-leverage firms and stock market liquidity

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (5) ◽  
pp. 1028-1051 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sijia Zhang ◽  
Andros Gregoriou
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Market Liquidity ◽  
Bank Loans ◽  
Bank Loan ◽  
Market Reactions ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Bid Ask Spread ◽  
Long Run

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine stock market reactions and liquidity effects following the first bank loan announcement of zero-leverage firms. Design/methodology/approach The authors use an event studies methodology in both a univariate and multivariate framework. The authors also use regression analysis. Findings Using a sample of 96 zero-leverage firms listed on the FTSE 350 index over the time period of 2000–2015, the authors find evidence of a significant and permanent stock price increase as a result of the initial debt announcement. The loan announcement results in a sustained increase in trading volume and liquidity. This improvement continues to persist once the authors control for stock price and trading volume effects in both the short and long run. Furthermore, the authors examine the spread decomposition around the same period, and discover the adverse selection of the bid–ask spread is significantly related to the initial bank loan announcement. Research limitations/implications The results can be attributed to the information cost/liquidity hypothesis, suggesting that investors demand a lower premium for trading stocks with more available information. Originality/value This is the first paper to look at multiple industries, more than one loan and information asymmetry effects.

scholarly journals REAKSI PASAR TERHADAP PENGUMUMAN CASH DIVIDEND PADA PERUSAHAAN YANG TERGABUNG DALAM INDEKS KOMPAS 100

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 988
Author(s):  
I Putu Agus Ary Raditya Juliana ◽  
Ica Rika Candraningrat
Keyword(s):  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Public Information ◽  
Rank Test ◽  
Cash Dividend ◽  
Volume Activity ◽  
Before And After

The purpose of this study is to determine the market reaction to the announcement of cash dividends, by looking at differences in abnormal return and trading volume activity before and after the cash dividend announcement. Dividend announcement is an event that affects the market, because the company provides information to the public. Information provided by the company will influence investors' decision making and will act on that information. The sample of this study amounted to 33 of the 100 companies incorporated in the Kompas 100 index on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX). The data collection method uses non-participant observation, which is document observation. The analysis technique used is Paired-Sample T Test and Wilcoxon-Signed Rank Test. The results showed that there were no differences in abnormal returns and trading volume activity before and after the distribution of cash dividends. Keywords: cash dividend, abnormal return, trading volume activity

scholarly journals Market Reaction Analysis of Annual Report Award Announcement: An Event Study Using Abnormal Return, Trading Volume Activity, and Stock Price

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 340
Author(s):  
Fitri Astuti ◽  
Anggi Setya Prayoga
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Annual Report ◽  
Market Reaction ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Volume Activity ◽  
Event Window ◽  
Before And After

This study intends to examine the differences in market reaction around the announcement of the Annual Report Award which is not only measured by abnormal return but is also measured using trading volume activity and stock prices. The data used are quantitative data in the form of a list of companies that received the Annual Report Award for the 2015-2018 period, the daily closing price of the ARA-winning company in the event window, the composite stock price index, the number of shares traded, and the number of shares outstanding. The event window is selected for 11 days because the long window period will blend with the effects of other events or confounding effects. The results of the study concluded that the market reacted around the announcement of the Annual Report Award for the 2015-2018 period measured using abnormal returns, trading volume activity, and stock prices. There is no difference in abnormal returns before and after the announcement of the 2013-2016 Annual Report Award period. Instead there are differences in trading volume activity and stock prices before and after the announcement of the Annual Report Award for the 2015-2018 period.

scholarly journals Analisis Efek Ramadhan Terhadap Abnormal Return dan Trading Volume Activity pada Perusahaan Yang Masuk dalam Jakarta Islamic Index (JII) di Bursa Efek Indonesia Periode 2014-2018

AL-TIJARY ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-47
Author(s):  
Ahmad Faih ◽  
Rohmatun Nafiah
Keyword(s):  
Significant Influence ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Price Index ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
T Test ◽  
Volume Activity ◽  
Stock Price Index

This study is a study of events aimed at knowing the effects of Ramadhan, to companies listed on the Jakarta Islamic Index on the Indonesia Stock Exchange period 2014-2018, using abnormal return and trading volume activity indicators. This study uses secondary data in the form of daily stock price index for the period 2014-2018 , Composite Stock Price Index (IHSG) and trading volume, with the population of companies entering the Jakarta Islamic Index on The Indonesian Stock Exchange , The statistical test used to test the hypothesis is the normality test, and the paired sample t-test. Result of T-test on Abnormal Return between year 2014-2018 know that there is no significant influence between Ramadhan month to abnormal return from year 2014 until 2018. While for T-test on trading volume activity between year 2014 until 2018 know that only in 2014, 2015, and 2017, 2018 there are significant influence which means the market responds to the event. The result of the test of Ramadhan event has the information even though it does not happen in every year of the research period, this is because Ramadhan is a routine event occuring in Indonesia so investors have been able to predict how the stock movemonts in Indonesia Stock Exchange.

ISO Certification and Abnormal Return of Stock Price — The Study of the Taiwan Stock Market

2001 ◽  
Vol 04 (02) ◽  
pp. 109-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo-Hui Chen
Keyword(s):  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Standard Series ◽  
Taiwan Stock Exchange ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Stock Value ◽  
Iso Certification ◽  
Medium Firms

This paper extends ISO certification research by investigating whether a stock value is influenced by the announcement of its ISO registration with respect to the firm size, industry, and ISO standard series on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. The results show that receiving ISO registration influences abnormal returns. The market reacts favorably to both small and large firms but has no reaction to medium firms in terms of a firm's capital. We also observe significant positive market reaction for Plastics and Textiles. A beneficial implication is that investors may benefit more from their investment endeavors if they can properly examine the specific effects.

Stock Price and Trading Volume Effects Associated with Changes in the MSCI Free Indices: Evidence from Taiwanese Firms Added to and Deleted from the Indices

2004 ◽  
Vol 07 (04) ◽  
pp. 471-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Gi Shu ◽  
Yin-Hua Yeh ◽  
Yu-Chen Huang
Keyword(s):  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Trading Volume ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Sampling Period ◽  
Efficient Market Hypothesis ◽  
Individual Investors ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Price Reversal ◽  
Run Up

This study analyzes price-volume relation for Taiwanese listed firms that are added to or deleted from the MSCI free indices in the sampling period from May 17, 1999 to May 21, 2001. Additions to the indices found a positive abnormal return of 3.9% in the run-up window from the announcement day up to one day before the change was implemented. This was followed by a significant reversal on the change day. The deleted firms exhibit an even stronger announcement effect, with a significant abnormal return of -9.1% in the run-up, followed by a reversal of 1.6% on the change day. Even when reversals occurred on the change day, the abnormal returns in the post-announcement window are positive for additions and negative for deletions. The results support the price-pressure and long-run downward-sloping-demand hypothesis and are inconsistent with the efficient market hypothesis. The abnormal trading volume for deletions is negative following the announcement, contradicting the findings of Lynch and Mendenhall (1997). This difference is due to the innate of the Taiwanese stock market, in which no dedicated market makers accommodate block trading. Moreover, the regression results confirm a positive volume-return relation before and a negative relation on and after the change day. Finally, the QFII net buy (sell) the added (deleted) stocks up to ten days after the change was implemented, while the Securities Investment Trusts and Securities dealers, having a shorter frame net, buy the added stocks up to two days after the effective change. Individual investors reversing position on the change day are responsible for the price reversal on the change day.

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