IPO valuation using the price-multiple methods: evidence from Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chui Zi Ong ◽  
Rasidah Mohd-Rashid ◽  
Kamarun Nisham Taufil-Mohd
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offerings ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Multiple Methods ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Ols Regression ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Offerings ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Valuation Method

Purpose This study aims to investigate the valuation accuracy of Malaysian initial public offerings (IPOs) by using price-multiple methods. Design/methodology/approach Cross-sectional data including 467 IPOs listed on the Malaysian stock exchange were used for the period of 2000–2017. This study used univariate ordinary least square (OLS) regression to analyse the relationship between IPOs’ price-multiples and comparable firms’ price-multiples. The test of valuation accuracy was conducted via computing valuation errors by segregating the sample into two groups: fixed-price IPOs and book-built IPOs. Furthermore, multiple OLS regression was used to examine the influence of IPO valuation on underpricing. Findings The findings of the results suggested that IPOs price-to-earnings (P/E), price-to-book (P/B) and price-to-sales (P/S) multiples were positively related to the median P/E, P/B and P/S multiples of five comparable firms matched by industry and revenues. The P/S multiple was shown to be the most significant valuation method, specifically in book-built IPOs. The findings indicated that those firms that had a lower valuation in comparison to the comparable firms were inclined to underprice their IPOs to allure investors to subscribe IPOs. In addition, book-built IPOs that had fair valuations were inclined to generate higher initial returns for investors. Practical implications The findings of this study observed implications for underwriters in avoiding the mis-valuation issue by considering the book-building mechanism. Originality/value This study attempted to explore the suitability of the valuation method to value IPOs in Malaysia.

Impact of pricing mechanism on IPO oversubscription: evidence from Pakistan stock exchange

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waqas Mehmood ◽  
Rasidah Mohd-Rashid ◽  
Abd Halim Ahmad
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offerings ◽  
Robust Regression ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Offerings ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Pricing Mechanism ◽  
Available Information

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of pricing mechanism on initial public offerings (IPOs) oversubscription in Pakistan. Design/methodology/approach This study used cross-sectional data to analyse 85 listed IPOs on the Pakistan stock exchange during the period of 2000-2017 to assess hypotheses related to influential determinants of IPO oversubscription. Accordingly, ordinary least square, robust regression and quantile regression approaches were applied in this study to evaluate the factors that influenced oversubscription. Findings The outcome displayed pricing mechanism is negatively significant with an oversubscription of IPOs. This indicates firms using the fixed-price mechanism signalled higher information asymmetry and uncertainty in their value. Thus, investors are aware that they will be offset with underpricing, and it is expected the demand will be higher for the particular IPOs. Research limitations/implications This study is entirely focused on the available information of prospectus that should not be ignored by potential investors at the time of subscription of IPO. Therefore, the study contributes to extending the available literature in signalling theory whereby issuers should consider using the book-building pricing mechanism in enhancing the efficiency of the IPO offer price during the listing. Originality/value This paper provides evidence for the determinants of the IPO oversubscription.

Do sponsors and democratic government influence the flipping activity of Pakistan IPO? Evidence from developing market

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayesha Anwar ◽  
Rasidah Mohd-Rashid ◽  
Norliza Che Yahya ◽  
Chui Zi Ong
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offerings ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Accurate Information ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Democratic Government ◽  
Public Offerings ◽  
Trading Volumes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of sponsors and democratic government on the flipping activity of initial public offerings (IPOs). Design/methodology/approach Based on the sample of 95 IPOs listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange between January 2000 and December 2019, this study used multiple cross-sectional regression to examine the relationship between sponsors and democratic government on flipping activity. Findings The findings indicate a significant negative association between sponsors and the flipping activity of IPOs. Sponsor(s) signal quality by trying to share accurate information about company values. As a result, the confidence of rational investors in the company’s future prospectus increases and they hold their shares for future gains, which reduces the flipping activity. Also, democratic government, along with sponsors' participation, provides investors with liquidity immediately after listing. Practical limitations/implications The findings of this study have implications for investors as they may assist them make informed decisions about whether or not to invest in an IPO with high sponsor(s) ownership. In addition, issuers should consider the disclosure of sponsor information(s) as such information may directly affect the first day’s trading volumes. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first research study that explores the correlation between sponsors and democratic government and flipping activity of IPO. This study is important for investors and issuers.

Moderating effect of investor demand: privatized IPOs and flipping activity in the Pakistan IPO market

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayesha Anwar ◽  
Rasidah Mohd-Rashid
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offerings ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
High Volume ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
Trading Behavior ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Offerings ◽  
Price Performance ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of privatized initial public offerings (IPOs) on flipping activity in the Pakistan IPO market. Design/methodology/approach This study sampled 95 IPOs listed on the Pakistan stock exchange over the period of 2000 to 2019. The ordinary least square technique and quantile regression were used to examine the impact of privatized IPO on flipping activity. Findings The present study finds that privatization affects flipping activity and creates a quality signal in Pakistan’s IPO market. The findings of this study also show that privatized IPOs were subjected to high levels of flipping activity compared to non-privatized IPOs. Additionally, investors’ demand has been found to moderate the relationship between privatized IPOs and flipping activity in Pakistan’s IPO market. Research limitations/implications Based on the fact that the sample consists of a combination of privatized and non-privatized IPOs, the results provide valuable insight into factors that may lead to unusual trading behavior/flipping during the first day of listing. Originality/value Despite several studies on events (e.g. short- and long-term price performance) around IPO, there is little evidence on how privatized IPOs affect flipping activity, which is a high volume of trading immediately after listing.

scholarly journals The Role of Political Connections on Family Firms’ Performance: Evidence from Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iman Harymawan ◽  
Mohammad Nasih ◽  
Muhammad Madyan ◽  
Diarany Sucahyati
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Political Connections ◽  
Family Ownership ◽  
Ols Regression ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship of firms with family ownership and their performance in Indonesia and further examine on how political connections affect this relationship. This study used 933 samples from 413 companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) in the period between 2014 and 2016. Using ordinary least square (OLS) regression, the results shows that firms without family ownership (non-family firms) have better performance than firms with family ownership (family firms) in Indonesia. Furthermore, the findings also show that the performance of family firms significantly improve when the firms are affiliated with political connections. Our findings imply that establishing political connections in family firms will increase the performance of the firms.

Explaining business excellence in Chinese firms: how does institutional relatedness matter?

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Haifeng Yan ◽  
Qihu Wang ◽  
Yi Ke ◽  
Juan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offerings ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Foreign Firms ◽  
Chinese Firms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Offerings ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Business Excellence ◽  
Specific Factors ◽  
Ordinary Least Square Regression

Purpose It is widely accepted that business excellence comes from firm-specific factors. However, it is still unclear how institutional relatedness – the degree of embeddedness with the dominant institutions that confer resources and legitimacy, influences the business excellence of the firm. The purpose of this study is to explore the influence of three kinds of institutional relatedness, i.e. home government ties, initial public offerings (IPOs) and alliances with foreign firms, on the business excellence of Chinese firms. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a sample of firms enlisted on the “Most Respected Companies” rank in China during the period 2002–2015 and their paired firms who are absent from the list, by means of ordinary least square regression estimator, to explore the relationship between institutional relatedness and business excellence. Findings The empirical results suggest that IPOs and alliances with foreign firms significantly strengthen firms’ business excellence. Furthermore, home government ties have positive effects on outbound IPOs and alliances with foreign firms but hinder business excellence. Originality/value This study extends the business excellence literature by characterizing institutional rather than firm-specific factors from an institution-based view. It also enriches research on outcomes of institutional relatedness through investigating empirically its impact on business excellence. The findings provide new insights into the dual role of home government ties in achieving business excellence.

IPO initial return in Pakistan: influence of country-level institutional quality

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Waqas Mehmood ◽  
Rasidah Mohd-Rashid ◽  
Abd Halim Ahmad ◽  
Ahmad Hakimi Tajuddin
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Initial Return ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe present study investigated the influence of country-level institutional quality on IPO initial return using World Bank Governance indices.Design/methodology/approachThis study analysed 84 IPOs listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange between 2000 and 2017 using cross-sectional data. The impact of country-level institutional quality on IPO initial returns was examined using ordinary least square, robust least square, stepwise least square and quantile regression.FindingsEmpirically, the values of political stability, government effectiveness and regulatory quality were positively significant, whereas rule of law and control of corruption were negatively significant in explaining the intensity of IPO initial return. The results also show the presence of significant risk in the market. Hence, investors were compensated with higher initial returns for weak country-level institutional quality. The results also reveal that improving country-level institutional quality would improve the financial market transparency, thereby reducing IPO initial returns.Originality/valueNo studies have been conducted regarding the influence of country-level institutional quality on IPO initial return in Pakistan. This study is a pioneering study that seeks to give insights into the link between these variables in the context of Pakistan.

scholarly journals The Effect of Liquidity, Solvency and Profitability on Dividend in the Manufacturing Listed Firms on the Indonesian Stock Exchange

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-32
Author(s):  
Abid Djazuli ◽  
Dodi Dodi
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Profit Margin ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Current Ratio ◽  
Ols Regression ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Net Profit ◽  
Equity Ratio

This study aims to investigate the effect of liquidity, solvency and profitability on dividend in the manufacturing listed firms on the Indonesian Stock Exchange for the period of 2010 to 2018. The variables employed in this study are liquidity, solvency, profitability and dividend per share. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression is used to analyze the data. The data is collected from the Indonesian Stock Exchange (IDX) website. The results reveal that liquidity, solvency and profitability have a significant effect on Dividend Per Share of Manufacturing Companies on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Current Ratio, Cash Ratio, Debt to Equity Ratio, Debt to Asset Ratio, Net Profit Margin, and Earning per Share have a positive and significant effect on Dividend per Share. Therefore, manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange must maintain stability, liquidity, solvency and profitability in order to increase Dividend per Share.

The effect of audit committee characteristics on forward-looking disclosure

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamad Rifai ◽  
Sylvia Veronica Siregar
Keyword(s):  
Audit Committee ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ordinary Least Square ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Financial Expertise ◽  
Ordinary Least Square Regression ◽  
Accounting Expertise ◽  
Forward Looking

Purpose This study aims to examine the effect of the audit committee characteristics on forward-looking disclosure. Design/methodology/approach The characteristics of audit committee that examined are audit committee expertise, audit committee meeting frequency and audit committee size. To measure the extent of forward-looking disclosure, this study did content analysis using a checklist of 22 forward-looking items. The samples of this research are 285 non-financial firms listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the year 2015. Ordinary least square regression is used for hypotheses testing. Findings The results of this study show that the audit committee accounting expertise, audit committee financial expertise, the frequency of audit committee meetings and the size of the audit committee have a significant positive effect on the forward-looking disclosure. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study examining the audit committee characteristics on forward-looking disclosure in the context of Indonesia, one of the emerging markets.

Vietnam’s capital markets will mature quickly

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offerings ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Equity Market ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Stock Exchanges ◽  
Bank Debt ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Offerings ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Trading Volumes

Subject Vietnam's equity market. Significance The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) government last month said it was abandoning long-held plans to merge the Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi stock exchanges, instead establishing a state-owned holding company, the Vietnam Stock Exchange (VSE), to manage them. Vietnam last year raised the largest amount of funds from initial public offerings (IPOs) in South-east Asia, but the country has caps on the proportion of shares in listed firms that foreigners may hold. Impacts Key market indices could reclassify Vietnam in the light of its easing of restrictions on foreign holdings in stocks. Trading volumes on Vietnam’s stock markets will increase. Vietnamese firms will become less dependent on bank debt to finance expansion.

Underwriter reputation and IPO valuation in an emerging market: evidence from Malaysia

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (10) ◽  
pp. 1283-1304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chui Zi Ong ◽  
Rasidah Mohd-Rashid ◽  
Kamarun Nisham Taufil-Mohd
Keyword(s):  
Initial Public Offerings ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Offerings ◽  
Underwriter Reputation ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Relationship

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine the influence of underwriter reputation on the valuation of Malaysian initial public offerings (IPOs).Design/methodology/approachThis study employed cross-sectional multiple regression models to analyse the relationship between underwriter reputation and IPO valuation that included 466 IPOs listed on Bursa Malaysia from 2000 to 2017.FindingsThe results revealed that underwriter reputation had a significant negative association with IPO valuation. Firms that engaged the services of reputable underwriters had their IPO offer prices set lower than the intrinsic values during the listing. After incorporating firms' size, this study found a positive relationship between underwriter reputation and IPO valuation. Big firms (high quality) hired reputable underwriters for certification purposes as issuers were aware that the cost of hiring a reputable underwriter would be justified by increased transparency after listing. Therefore, firms that engaged reputable underwriters had approximately fair values since issuers assumed that the price would be close to the intrinsic value following enhanced transparency post-listing.Research limitations/implicationsFuture studies should focus on other non-financial factors, such as auditor reputation.Originality/valueThe present study provides new insights into the certification role of underwriters in valuing IPOs in the Malaysian market.

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