The Information Content of Publicly Accessible Federal Court Documents

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Carrizosa ◽  
Richard A. Cazier
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Federal Court ◽  
Market Response ◽  
Securities Litigation ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Litigation Process ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
Prior Literature ◽  
And Control

Prior literature documents a negative stock price reaction to initial securities lawsuit filings, on average. Securities litigation produces a host of publicly accessible court documents, however, and prior research provides no evidence regarding whether or how the market prices information generated by the litigation process. We shed light on the information content of federal court filings by examining the market response to a large sample of initial plaintiff complaints and subsequent docket events. We find the market response to the initial lawsuit filing varies significantly with information about governance and control problems signaled by details of the plaintiff’s complaint. We also find a significant market response to subsequent court filings that increases with measures of litigation severity and decreases as the litigation progresses over time. Overall, our results highlight the role of federally accessible court filings in facilitating the market’s pricing of defendant firms.

scholarly journals Dividend Policy in Tunisia: A Signalling Approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Taleb Lotfi
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Event Study ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Signaling Theory ◽  
Supporting Evidence ◽  
Dividend Announcements ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
Do So

The main objective of this study was to establish the stock price reaction to dividend announcements of firms quoted at the Tunisian Securities exchange (TSE). To do so, we develop a traditional event study. Two robust results emerge: First, when we observe the 196 announcements of dividends between years 1996-2004, the result is inconsistent with signaling theory, as long as, no abnormal return was observed on the announcement day (event period). Second, When the overall sample is divided into three sub-group (dividend increase, dividend-no-change and dividend), we observe a significant and abnormal return about -1.242 percent and -1.697 percent respectively on day D(t0-4) and D(t0+4) around the dividend announcement day (Dt0) only for the sub-group of firms that decreases their dividend. This result corroborates prior research in Tunisian context [Ben Naceur and al. (2006); Guizani and Kouki (2011)] that confirm, by using a different approach, the Lintner’s (1956) conclusions which states that Tunisian’ firms generally tend to avoid a dividend decrease (or cuts) and can constitute a supporting evidence of the dividend information content hypothesis in TSE.

scholarly journals Capital Market Response to the Change in the Dividend Policy: The Case of Slovenian Stock Market

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matjaž Mikluš ◽  
Zan Jan Oplotnik
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Market Response ◽  
Asymmetry Of Information ◽  
Price Increases ◽  
Signalling Theory ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
Dividend Increases

<p>The three basic dividend policy theories have a completely different approach to describing the influence of dividends payment on stock price, and on the value of the company. Numerous studies conducted in this area have led to almost as many derived dividend policy theories, which are more or less related to the basic three. As one of them Wang, Manry &amp; Wandler (2011) specify the dividend signalling theory, which is based particularly on the assumption of the asymmetry of information between the company management and the shareholders and in recent decades it has been studied by many authors, who mostly concluded that dividend increase has a positive stock price reaction, and vice versa, that dividend decrease results in stock price falls (as cited in Ross, 1977; Leland and Pyle, 1977; Grinblatt et al., 1984; Baker and Phillips, 1993; Rankine and Stice, 1997; Bechmann and Raaballe, 2007). For the purposes of our analysis we adopted the methodology of foreign researches and checked the existence of the dividend signalling theory in the Slovenian stock market. The Slovenian stock market is one of developing markets, and is particularly specific due to its small size and illiquidity. Our research resulted in no statistically significant stock price increases from company dividend increases, whereby we have refuted the research hypothesis and, consequently, the dividend signalling theory in the Slovenian stock market in the described period.</p>

Signaling Versus Free Cash Flow Theory: What Does Earnings Management Reveal About Dividend Initiation?

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Drummond Smith ◽  
Anita K. Pennathur
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Flow Theory ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Real Earnings Management ◽  
Accrual Quality ◽  
Dividend Payout ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
Prior Literature

We examine earnings manipulation via discretionary accruals and real earnings management prior to the release of cash reserves back to shareholders. Previous research indicates that firms manage earnings upward when they increase dividends, creating a coordinated signal to the market. We study earnings management surrounding dividend initiation to determine whether management is manipulating earnings downward to avoid the discipline imposed by dividends in the years ahead or whether they are signaling to the market. We suggest that the aim of earnings management is not to reduce earnings but that earnings are more likely managed to preserve financial flexibility, create earnings reserves, and postpone shareholders’ expectations for initiating recurring dividends. Rather than signaling with upward earnings management, we find that dividend initiating firms manage earnings downward, consistent with the free cash flow theory. Our results explain findings in prior literature for the surprisingly stable earnings performance and accrual quality in the period just after dividend initiation. Furthermore, the market day stock price reaction is inversely related to earnings management, contradicting the purpose of signaling. We provide evidence that the managerial inertia for initiating dividends represents unique agency concerns compared with an increase in existing dividend payout and to the extent that downward real earnings management does not reverse, we identify a cost to shareholders for the quasi contract of recurring dividend payout.

scholarly journals HOW DO INVESTORS PERCEIVE LONG-TERM GROWTH TARGETS AND FORECAST HORIZONS IN STRATEGIC PLANS? EVIDENCE FROM ITALIAN FIRMS

2019 ◽  
Vol 07 (02) ◽  
pp. 1950004 ◽  
Author(s):  
GIUSEPPE DI MARTINO
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Strategic Plan ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Current Debate ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Term Forecast ◽  
Strategic Plans ◽  
Stock Price Reaction

We examine the information content of strategic-plans’ long-term growth targets (SPLTG) and of strategic-plans’ forecast horizons (SPFH). Using a sample of 224 strategic plan presentations by Italian listed companies during the period 2002–2018, we provide evidence that the SPLTG conveys credible and useful information to investors. We also assume that longer forecast horizons are more uncertain and we find that stock price reaction is negatively associated with long-term forecast horizons. Then, we investigate whether SPLTG presented in conjunction with long-term SPFH are perceived as less credible. The findings document that investors perceive long-term growth targets as credible regardless of the SPFH length. Our study contributes to the current debate on the use of strategic plans as comprehensive disclosure able to provide credible and useful information.

Has the Global Financial Crisis Changed the Market Response to Credit Ratings? Evidence from an Emerging Market

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-32
Author(s):  
Kaveri Krishnan ◽  
Sankarshan Basu ◽  
Ashok Thampy
Keyword(s):  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Credit Rating ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Market Response ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Global Financial Crisis

This article analyses the differential market response to credit rating revisions in the pre- and post-global financial crisis (GFC) period using data from India. By reviewing the stock price reaction to the announcement of long-term rating changes during the period 1996–2015, the study finds evidence that the stock price reacted less to rating announcements after the GFC of 2008. However, the difference in the cumulative abnormal returns before the GFC and after the GFC is not statistically significant. JEL codes: G240, G010, G140

scholarly journals The Stock Price Effect of Emerging From Bankruptcy and The Associated Effect of Switching Auditors Post Bankruptcy… An Industry Analysis

1970 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-96
Author(s):  
Ronald Stunda
Keyword(s):  
Information Content ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Positive Information ◽  
Positive Correlation ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Earnings Response ◽  
Stock Price Reaction ◽  
Growth Industry ◽  
Industry Membership

This study analyzes firms that emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy withspecific attention given to two groups; those that switch auditors post-bankruptcy,and those who retain previous auditors in a post-bankruptcy environment. In addition,further analysis is made to assess whether or not industry membership, along withpre or post SOX environment play a role in results.Results indicate that when the pre versus post SOX environment is assessed,a significant difference is noted in the sample firms. Post SOX firms emergingfrom Chapter 11 that switch auditors carry positive information content, therefore,investors tend to bid up the price of stock of these firms. Firms emerging fromChapter 11 in a post SOX environment that do not change auditors tend to conveynegative information content as their stock price is bid down by investors. Withrespect to a pre SOX environment, results indicate that investors do not behavesignificantly different whether the firms change auditors or not after emerging fromChapter 11. In both cases, there is a positive correlation between earnings responseand stock price.When attention turns to assessing individual industries in a post SOXenvironment, a positive correlation between earnings response and stock priceis seen across all industries evaluated when the firm emerging from Chapter 11switches auditors. Growth industry firms show the greatest stock price reaction toearnings. With respect to firms that do not switch auditors post-bankruptcy, resultsare mixed across industries. Most industries show a negative stock price reactionbut certain growth industries reflect a positive reaction. In a pre SOX environment,no significant industry difference is noted, either by firms that switch auditors orthose that do not switch. All pre SOX industry firms, on average, have a positivecorrelation between earnings response and stock price.

scholarly journals Managerial ability, tone of earnings announcements, and market reaction

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 454-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Luo ◽  
Linying Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Earnings Announcements ◽  
Management Teams ◽  
Market Response ◽  
Managerial Ability ◽  
Earnings Announcement ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Stock Price Reaction

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of managerial ability on the tone of earnings announcements and on the market response to the tone. Design/methodology/approach This study constructs a model of the determinants of earnings announcement tone in order to examine whether managerial ability plays a significant role in determining earnings announcement tone. Further, to test whether the market response to the tone of earnings announcements is affected by managerial ability, this study also examines the interactive term between earnings announcement tone and managerial ability. The tone of earnings announcements is measured using the spread in the proportion of positive and negative words. Managerial ability is measured using the managerial ability rank developed by Demerjian et al. (2012). Findings More able management teams use a more positive tone in their earnings announcements. Stock markets have more pronounced positive reactions to positive tones in the earnings announcements issued by companies with more able management teams. Originality/value This study identifies managerial ability as a previously unrecognized determinant of tone in earnings announcements and of the stock price reaction to earnings announcements.

Stock price reaction to cash dividend announcements in Vietnam

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-89
Author(s):  
NGUYEN THI VAN ANH ◽  
NGUYEN XUAN TRUONG ◽  
DAO MAI HUONG
Keyword(s):  
Stock Price ◽  
Cash Dividend ◽  
Price Reaction ◽  
Dividend Announcements ◽  
Stock Price Reaction
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