IT Investments and Firm Stock Market Value: The Mediating Role of Stock Analysts

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueming Luo ◽  
Bin Gu ◽  
Cheng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Market Value ◽  
It Investments ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Stock Analysts

An Examination of the Effect of IT Investments on Firm Value: The Case of Y2K-Compliance Costs

2000 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gopal V. Krishnan ◽  
Ram S. Sriram
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Equity Valuation ◽  
Compliance Costs ◽  
Book Value ◽  
It Investments ◽  
Share Prices

In this study, using the recent Y2-compliance expenditures as an example, we examine whether disclosures relating to investments in information technology (IT) were relevant to investors in assessing the market value of equity. We use a sample of 190 firms that disclosed estimates of total Y2K-compliance costs in their 1997 annual reports to examine the association between Y2K-compliance costs and share prices. We test the joint hypothesis that Y2K-compliance costs were relevant to equity valuation of firms that chose to become Y2K-compliant and that these costs were sufficiently reliable to be reflected in share prices. We find that estimates of Y2K-compliance costs were positively and significantly related to share prices after controlling for earnings, book value of equity, and other factors. We find that the stock market is not shortsighted, and consider investments in Y2K-remediation efforts a significant and value-increasing activity for the average firm.

scholarly journals Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure and Financial Performance: The Mediating Role of Financial Statement Comparability

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (18) ◽  
pp. 10077
Author(s):  
Cao Thi Mien Thuy ◽  
Nguyen Vinh Khuong ◽  
Nguyen Thi Canh ◽  
Nguyen Thanh Liem
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Estimation Methods ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Csr Disclosure ◽  
Corporate Social

The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and financial performance with the consideration of the mediating role of financial statement comparability (FSC) for a sample of Vietnamese listed firms. We used content analysis of the information related to the GRI Standards on annual reports in order to construct CSR disclosure score. We used a dataset of 1125 firm-year observations, covering 225 firms listed on Vietnam’s stock market in the period 2014–2018. Applying OLS and GMM estimation methods, Sobel test, and using different proxies of the mediator variable to increase the robustness, we obtained two remarkable conclusions. First, CSR disclosure has a positive impact on the financial performance of listed companies in Vietnam. Second, there is a complementary mediation effect of financial statement comparability in the above relationship. Our results suggest that it is necessary to develop a legal framework for the practice and disclosure of CSR as well as to apply the international accounting standards in the Vietnamese stock market.

Market's Reaction to Analytical Information From Brokerage Institutions: Empirical Evidence From Stock Market in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Van Huy Bui ◽  
Van Manh Ha Nguyen ◽  
Dang Thanh Minh Tran ◽  
Bich Loc Tram ◽  
Gia Quyen Phan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Significant Role ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Positive Bias ◽  
Analytical Information ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Abnormal Rate ◽  
Stock Analysts

This paper examines the market’s reaction to brokerages’ recommendations on the Vietnamese stock market. The results indicate that stock analysts tend to show a drastically positive bias, with the overwhelming number of optimistic recommendations compared to negative ones. The abnormal rate of return following upscaling recommendations is positive, incremental, and statistically significant from the offered moment to a month later, which is consistent with results from different measures of the standard portfolio. However, the study has not found cogent evidence of the market reaction to downgrading recommendations. This research emphasizes the significant role of analytical information on the stock market in Vietnam, and the implications are discussed based on this study’s findings. The study results are the foundation for investors’ considerations about brokerages’ proposals before their trades.

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