Value relevance of earnings and book values during IFRS convergence period in India

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anubha Srivastava ◽  
Harjum Muharam
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
Conversion Period ◽  
Book Values

Purpose The authors aim to examine the association between earnings and book values with stock prices in India during the IFRS convergence period because, in India, the literature is yet to investigate more about IFRS convergence and its impact on the financial reporting environment. Hence, the purpose of this study is to assess the influence of IFRS conversion on the value relevance of accounting information throughout the IFRS conversion period. Design/methodology/approach The current paper endeavors to investigate the earnings and book values affiliation with stock prices in India during the IFRS convergence period by employing a price valuation model (Ohlson’s Model). The study assembled a total of 3,440 firm-year observations from the National Stock Exchange in India over five years, which signifies the IFRS conversion period (2015–2019). Findings The research findings displayed that accounting information such as earnings, book value has value relevance throughout the IFRS enforcement period; however, the value relevance has been increasing for earnings and showing a descending association for book value. The significant explanatory power of earnings reveals that market participants give more weightage to earnings than book values. Overall, the findings of the study will facilitate improved decision making for both, capital market participants and regulators, by highlighting the key areas for improvement in the Indian capital market. Research limitations/implications This study also extends a discussion on the subject in those economies where regulations are weak and the market is imperfect with asymmetrical information. Practical implications The research outcome provides for empirical shreds of evidence regarding the value relevance of accounting information during IFRS enforcement in India, where IFRS is a recent emergence. Social implications This paper examines the value relevance of accounting information during IFRS convergence period in India which will felicitate improved decision making for both, market regulators and investors. Originality/value This research is the first factual documentation regarding value relevance of earnings and book value during the IFRS enforcement process in India with the most recent data and contributes to the limited study conducted in developing nations like India.

The value relevance of earnings, cash flows and book values in Egypt

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 1752-1778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wael Mostafa
Keyword(s):  
Capital Market ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Apparent Lack ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Market Values ◽  
Book Values

Purpose Motivated by the lack of research on the value relevance of accounting information in the emerging markets of Middle Eastern countries, and the unique institutional and accounting setting in Egypt, this paper aims to investigate the relation between capital market and accounting information in the emerging market of Egypt. Specifically, based on Egyptian data, this study examines the value relevance of earnings, cash flows from operations and book values. Design/methodology/approach To examine the value relevance of the above accounting measures, this study uses statistical associations between accounting information and capital market values: the association between earnings and annual returns; the association between cash flows and accruals, and annual returns; and the association between earnings and book values of equity, and stock prices. Findings The results show that, first, earnings have value relevance. However, earnings changes are significantly more successful than earnings levels in explaining security returns. These results suggest that changes in earnings are largely permanent; hence, earnings follow (close to) a random walk model. Second, contrary to what is stated in the literature, cash flows from operations are not successful in explaining stock returns. This result suggests that cash flows are less important and not value relevant in Egypt compared to the USA or the UK. A possible explanation is that cash flows in Egypt are very volatile (high variance) and not persistent, so the market does not rely on them. Third, individually, both earnings and book values significantly explain stock prices; however, jointly, earnings have incremental explanatory power beyond book values for stock prices whereas book values do not. These results suggest that in Egypt the income statement is much more important than the balance sheet for valuation purposes. Overall, these results are interesting because they do not completely replicate the results from other countries. Practical implications The existence of value relevance for earnings despite the apparent lack of value relevance for cash flows can be interpreted as indicating that accruals are designed to offset and smooth cash flows’ volatility and low value relevance, so that earnings are relatively more persistent and relevant. These results show that earnings potentially are a much more important and informative measure of a firm’s value than cash flows from operations in Egypt. However, we certainly need the cash flows information as an ex-post validation of the prior earnings. Overall, it appears that the investors in Egypt are looking at the accounting data when evaluating the value of the firm, which is a good sign. However, the empirical findings of this paper are discussed. Originality/value This study contributes to the limited research on value relevance of accounting information in the emerging market of Egypt.

Corporate governance and value relevance of accounting information

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-262
Author(s):  
Hesham I. Almujamed ◽  
Mishari M. Alfraih
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Board Size ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Board Characteristics ◽  
Market Participants ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to explore how the characteristics of the board of directors (BoD) shape earnings and book value information available to market participants. Design/methodology/approach The authors investigated the impact of board size, presence of non-executives and role duality as proxies of effective corporate governance on the value relevance of financial reporting for 178 firms on the Kuwait stock exchange in 2013. Regression analysis based on Ohlson’s (1995) valuation model was used to test hypotheses. Findings The authors found that board size was significantly associated with company value and that Kuwaiti firms with large boards increased the value-relevance of earnings and book value. The influence of role duality was positive although not significant. The presence of non-executives on the board had a negative correlation with market value (not significant). Research limitations/implications These findings deliver empirical support for the prediction that the characteristics of the BoD improve the value relevance of financial reporting. Limitations such as small sample size and one-year duration of the study did not negate the basic findings, however. Future studies will use larger samples, longer duration and additional board characteristics. Practical implications This study provides empirical support for the hypothesis that board size influences market valuation. This study may benefit managers, investors and other decision-makers. Originality/value This study delivers empirical evidence on the impact of board characteristics on the value relevance of accounting information. It will be useful for regulators and market participants monitoring the influence of board characteristics on the value relevance of accounting information.

scholarly journals Relevance of earnings and book value: Evidence from listed pharmaceutical companies

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 196-206
Author(s):  
Mwila Mulenga ◽  
Meena Bhatia
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Stock Returns ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Sufficient Evidence ◽  
Pharmaceutical Companies ◽  
Book Value ◽  
The Impact

For accounting information to be useful for decision making it is essential that it is relevant for decision-making and should have a significant relation with stock prices or stock returns. Value relevance research aims to explain the impact of accounting information on stock prices or stock returns. This study examines the value relevance of earnings and book values on listed Indian pharmaceutical companies’ stock prices by using the Ohlson price model. The study gathered a series of panel data from 2006 to 2015 from the Nifty Pharma index. Ordinary least square and panel regression estimation were done using EViews. The findings provide sufficient evidence of those earnings per share (EPS) and book value per share (BVPS) jointly and individually for the Nifty Pharma index sample played an essential role in influencing stock prices. However, there is an insignificant decline in the combined value relevance of EPS and BVPS. The findings reveal that the EPS and BVPS played an important role in influencing stock prices. However, explanatory powers of EPS and BVPS in all years are significantly lower than that of developed countries. Overall findings show mixed results on the considerable influence of firm size on the value relevance of accounting information. This study’s findings have implications for analysts, investors, and other market participants; they should use EPS and BVPS in the equity valuation of pharmaceutical companies for better allocation of resources in capital markets.

Have accounting measures lost their usefulness after the 2008 global financial crisis?

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 589-603
Author(s):  
Hesham I. Almujamed ◽  
Mishari M. Alfraih
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Empirical Examination ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Book Values

Purpose This purpose of this paper is to investigate the value relevance and incremental importance of earnings and book value in the Kuwaiti market to equity holders over time and in the context of the decade after the 2008 global financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach Following reports in the literature, the value relevance of earnings and book values was examined using the price valuation model provided by Ohlson (1995). Observations (2,817) were collected from all firms listed on the Kuwait Stock Exchange from 1994 to 2016. Findings The results suggest that the value relevance of earnings and book values declined over this period, and that the loss of value relevance for earnings data was greater than that for book value. The analysis provides evidence that the decline in value relevance of earnings and book value was driven by book values in the post-GFC period and suggests an exchange of value relevance between earning and book value post GFC. Practical implications The results are useful for regulators, analysts, investors and academics as an assessment of effectiveness of current financial reporting. There is a need for improvement because quality information helps equity holders determine value precisely. Timely financial reporting may mitigate the drop in value relevance of financial statements. Originality/value This is the first study to examine value relevance accounting measures of Kuwaiti companies, in the post-GFC context. It contributes to capital market research through an empirical examination of a frontier capital market.

Value relevance of accounting information: an emerging country perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bismark Badu ◽  
Kingsley Opoku Appiah
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Price Model ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Emerging Country ◽  
Ghana Stock Exchange

Purpose This paper aims to examine the value relevance of accounting information from an emerging country perspective. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts Ohlson (1995) Price model to examine the extent to which accounting information explain variation in stock prices of listed firms on the Ghana Stock Exchange. Findings The study reveals that earnings and book value of equity exhibit a positive and significant relationship in stock prices. Earnings explain higher variation in stock market values on the Ghana Stock Exchange compared to book value of equity. The study however finds that despite the introduction of the International Financial Reporting Standards in Ghana, the value relevance of book value and earnings have declined significantly over the period 2005-2014. Research limitations/implications A key implication is that regulators of capital markets, standards setters and accounting practitioners need to consistently improve upon the quality of financial reporting disclosures which will boost the confidence of users in their reliance on financial statements as the basis for choosing among alternative use of scarce resources. The authors adopted only the price model in testing the hypotheses. However, to provide comprehensive understanding of value relevance of accounting information, future studies can combine both the price and the return models. Originality/value The authors extend prior literature in the Ghanaian context with recent data. Finally, the study adds to the efficient market hypothesis by showing how share prices reflect accounting information produced by Ghanaian firms.

Value relevance of accounting information during IFRS convergence period: comparative evidence between India and Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anubha Srivastava ◽  
Harjum Muharam
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Valuation Model ◽  
Book Values

Purpose This study aims to examine the financial reporting quality during the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) enforcement period in the emerging markets of India and Indonesia by using Ohlson’s (1995) valuation model. The study further endeavors to compare the quality of the reporting environment and its impact on stock prices for both these emerging economies by using a price model during the IFRS conversion period. Design/methodology/approach This paper aspires to obtain insights about the value relevance of accounting information during the IFRS enforcement period for India and its Southeast Asian neighbor, Indonesia which is identical in terms of inclusive growth and development. In that context, 3,325 Indian (National Stock Exchange indexed) and 815 Indonesian (Indonesian stock exchange indexed) firm-year observations were examined by using Ohlson’s price valuation model for five years, representing the IFRS adherence period. Findings The findings of the paper insinuated that the value relevance of book values and earnings, both, have increased throughout the IFRS enforcement period for both economies. However, the investigation revealed that the incremental interpretive power of earnings is more substantial and evident during the IFRS adherence phase than book values which indicates investor’s inclination toward earnings management over book values. Research limitations/implications The findings may assist the regulators, investors, firms and standard setters of both economies in examining the effectiveness of financial reporting curriculums as it brings forth informational improvement in the financial market. This study also outstretches the discussion on the subject in other emerging nations where the market is imperfect with insufficient information, poor enforcement and limited regulations. This investigation has few limitations such as limited data and period, only two emerging economies and two control variables, thus provide scope for future research. Social implications This paper endeavors to investigate and compare the value relevance of accounting information during IFRS convergence period between India and Indonesia with an aim to assist in improved decision making for both, regulatory bodies and market participants in both the countries. Originality/value The key contribution of the study is to examine whether the accounting information is value relevant during the IFRS convergence period for the two fastest-growing economies in Asia, India and Indonesia and it is the first such empirical research to the best of the author’s knowledge. The study is an extended contribution to the modest research administered in developing nations.

Enhanced business reporting: value relevance and determinants of valuation-related disclosures

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 832-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Reitmaier ◽  
Wolfgang Schultze
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Valuation Theory ◽  
Voluntary Disclosures ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Business Reporting ◽  
Market Values

Purpose Enhanced business reporting (EBR) seeks to address the information needs of investors when making company valuations for investment decisions. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the relevance for market valuation of EBR disclosures that are directly related to firm valuation (value-based reporting (VBR)). Design/methodology/approach Data are hand collected from annual reports of German publicly listed companies over five years. The content analysis is based on the valuation-related disclosure framework of the German Schmalenbach Society of Business Administration. A 2SLS approach accounts for potential endogeneity. Findings Share-based compensation, leverage, corporate size, and share volatility are significant determinants of VBR. The level of VBR is significantly associated with market values and provides additional market value explanatory power, indicating its relevance to investors in the process of valuation and decision making. Also, the relevance of book value and earnings for explaining market values increases for firms with better VBR. The findings are robust to the exclusion of banks and assurance companies and to alternative model and variable specifications. Research limitations/implications The research contributes to the literature on voluntary disclosures by testing an EBR framework explicitly derived from valuation theory. The results provide indirect evidence of the investors’ use of respective valuation techniques in decision making. A contribution is made to the value relevance literature by showing that valuation-related disclosures constitute a suitable proxy for “other information” in the Ohlson’s (1995) model. Such disclosures complement traditional accounting metrics, i.e. book value and earnings, as basis for valuations. Potential caveats relate to the content analysis of annual reports and the endogeneity of voluntary disclosures. Originality/value This paper informs the debate on further developments of EBR in helping to identify important components thereof.

Does institutional ownership affect the value relevance of accounting information?

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-342
Author(s):  
Mohamed Omran ◽  
Yasean A. Tahat
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Financial Leverage ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Share Prices ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Positive Effects

Purpose Drawing upon agency theory, this study aims to assess the value relevance (VR) of accounting information released by non-financial firms listed on the Kuwait stock exchange for the period of 2015-2018. Also, the influence of institutional ownership level and other explanatory variables, namely, book value per share, earnings per share, growth in assets and changes in financial leverage on share prices is examined. Design/methodology/approach To test the hypotheses, the Ohlson (1995) model is extended. This study uses panel data analysis and applies appropriate statistical techniques to measure empirical relationships. Findings The results show that the VR of accounting information released by the Kuwaiti non-financial listed firms varies over the period of 2015-2018. Book value and earnings have significant and positive effects on share prices. In recent years, the VR of book value information has been growing, while that of earnings information has been declining. Institutional ownership level has a significant and positive influence on the VR of accounting information released by the Kuwaiti non-financial listed firms. The findings confirm a positive power, signalling growth in assets regarding the share prices. However, no significant relationship between changes in financial leverage and share prices is found. Practical implications The findings of the study provide evidence of the linkage between VR and institutional ownership level, which promotes the understanding of the influence of institutional investors on a firm’s market value. Empirical evidence from Kuwait will have international implications and can serve as a guide for accounting researchers studying other emerging markets. Capital market regulators can provide guidelines in the form of information characteristics and elements of financial statements that need improvement. Finally, the findings assist non-financial listed firms to enhance the quality of accounting information by identifying the strengths and weaknesses in their financial reports. Originality/value This study extends the previous literature by investigating a relatively new set of data in more depth than that has been examined by prior research, which focusses on the relationship between accounting information and the firm’s market value.

The role of audit quality in firm valuation

2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 575-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mishari M. Alfraih
Keyword(s):  
Audit Quality ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Institutional Setting ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Audit Team

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of audit quality on the value relevance of earnings and book value. Because joint audit is mandated for all Kuwait Stock Exchange-listed firms, it is hypothesized that the higher the quality of the audit team (as measured by the number of Big 4 audit firms in the joint audit team), the higher the value relevance of earnings and book values for equity valuation. Design/methodology/approach Consistent with prior research, the value relevance of earnings and book value is measured by the adjusted R2 derived from the Ohlson’s 1995 regression model. The number of Big 4 audit firms represented on the firm’s audit team is used as a proxy for audit quality. Three tiers of audit quality exist, namely, two non-Big 4 audit firms, one Big 4 and one non-Big 4 audit firms or two Big 4 audit firms. To address this paper’s objective, the association between audit quality and the value relevance of earnings and book value were examined using four approaches. The final sample consists of 1,836 firm-year observations and covers fiscal years from a 12-year period (2002-2013). Findings Taken together, the four approaches used collectively provide empirical evidence that audit quality positively and significantly affects the value relevance of accounting measures to market participants. Importantly, the results reveal significant variations in the value relevance of earnings and book value jointly across the three possible auditor combinations. Research limitations/implications Although using auditor size as a proxy for audit quality is well established in the auditing literature, a limitation of that proxy is that it measures audit quality dichotomously, which implicitly assumes a homogeneous level of audit quality within each group. Practical implications The findings show the importance of high-quality and rigorous external audits in improving the value relevance of accounting information. Originality/value This study contributes to the extent literature on audit quality by exploring the role of audit quality in a unique institutional setting that imposes mandatory joint audits. Although prior studies have investigated the effect of joint audit pair choice on earnings management and audit fee premium, this study is the first to investigate the effect of joint audit pair choice on the value relevance of accounting information.

scholarly journals ANALISIS KOMPARASI RELEVANSI NILAI INFORMASI AKUNTANSI SEBELUM DAN SESUDAH ADOPSI PENUH IFRS DI INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sugi Suhartono
Keyword(s):  
Stock Prices ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Wrong Decision ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Chow Test ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Accounting Report

<p><em>Many companies had adopted but there is a differences on the quality of the accounting report that were created before and after the adoption that has not been studied by academics, because of this researcher wants to investigate whether there are any differences in value relevance of accounting information before and after the full adoption of IFRS. Based on regulation theory, signalling theory, market efficient theory and clean surplus theory. The gap between action that were taken by management and the will of shareholders could possibly happen when the asymmetric information disrupt the capability of investor to supervise managerial level and lead the investor to make a wrong decision. Samples of this study consisted of 16 companies that are part of LQ 45 Index of Indonesia Stock Exchange. Purposive Sampling method is used to take the sample. The data analysis technique used to test the hypothesis is Chow Test. Chow test shows F value (0.57985) is smaller than F table (2.71). Then, in testing of the coefficient of determination, which the value of adjusted R<sup>2</sup> before the full adoption of IFRS is 85.7% and after the full adoption of IFRS is 82.2%. This shows a 3.5% reduction of adjusted R<sup>2</sup>. The reduction of the adjusted R<sup>2</sup> indicates that the adjusted R<sup>2</sup> can not be explained by measuring stock prices, earnings per share, and book value per share after full adoption of IFRS. Based on the study results show that the full adoption of IFRS does not affect the relevance of the value of accounting information on companies listed in the LQ 45 index.</em><em></em></p><p><em> </em></p><p><strong><em>Keyword</em></strong><em> : </em><em>Value Relevance, Profit, Equity Book Value, IFRS Adoption</em></p>

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