IPO Performance And Earnings Expectations: Some French Evidence

Author(s):  
Francois Degeorge ◽  
Francois Derrien





2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuen-ching Tse ◽  
Wai-yan Cheng ◽  
Stephen Yan-Leung Cheung


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Wai Hui ◽  
Alfred Z. Liu ◽  
Yao Zhang

This study documents a stock return premium for meeting or beating management's own earnings guidance (MBMG) that is separate and distinct from the premium for meeting or beating analysts' earnings forecasts (MBAF) documented in prior literature. Cross-sectional analyses reveal that the MBMG premium relative to the MBAF premium increases when management guidance is more informative. We also find that MBMG is incrementally informative about a firm's future performance after considering MBAF. Our findings suggest that investors consider management earnings guidance to be a performance threshold in addition to analyst earnings forecasts when forming earnings expectations.



2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Raghavendra Rau ◽  
Jason Sandvik ◽  
Theo Vermaelen






Author(s):  
Paul J. Carruth

In todays financial markets there is a great deal of pressure for corporations to meet investors earnings expectations. Failure to do so may result in the loss of millions of dollars in stock capitalization. As a result, an increasing number of corporate executives have succumbed to the temptation to manage their earnings in order to achieve targeted profits. The number of companies under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for possible accounting fraud related to earnings management has increased significantly in recent years. This article identifies and discusses four common areas of potential financial reporting abuse: restructuring costs, miscellaneous reserve accounts, materiality, and manipulation of revenue recognition. In addition, this paper discusses the vital role of accounting professionals as gatekeepers responsible for helping to maintain the viability of our financial markets.



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