scholarly journals The impact of intangibles on the value relevance of accounting information: Evidence from French companies

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Kimouche ◽  
Abdenaser Rouabhi
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Market Values ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Book Values ◽  
Examination Process ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose: The paper aims to explore whether intangible items that recognised in financial statements are value-relevant to investors in the French context, and whether these items affect the value relevance of accounting information. Design/methodology/approach: Empirical data were collected from a sample of French listed companies, over the nine-year period of 2005 to 2013. Starting of Ohlson’s (1995) model, the correlation analysis and the linear multiple regressions have been applied. Findings: We find that intangibles and traditional accounting measures as a whole are value relevant. However, the amortization and impairment charges of intangibles and cash flows do not affect the market values of French companies, unlike other variables, which affect positively and substantially the market values. Also goodwill and book values are more associated with market values than intangible assets and earnings respectively. Finally, we find that intangibles have improved the value relevance of accounting information. Practical implications: French legislators must give more interest for intangibles, in order to enrich the financial statements content and increasing the pertinence of accounting information. Auditors must give more attention for intangibles’ examination process, in order to certify the amounts related to intangibles in financial statements, and hence enrich their reliability, what provides adequacy guarantees for investors to use them in decision making. Originality/value: The paper used recently available financial data, and proposed an improvement concerning the measure of incremental value relevance of intangibles items.

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.

scholarly journals Association between Accounting Numbers and Value of Food and Beverages Firms in Nigeria

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Nyor Terzungwe ◽  
Nasiru Rabiu
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Investment Decision ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Market Values ◽  
Food And Beverages ◽  
Accounting Numbers

<p>The degree of statistical relationship between the contents of financial statements and market price of equity is what is termed Value relevance of accounting information. It explains stock market measures using financial information variables and it is a very useful guide to investors in pricing of shares. This study examines the extent of association between accounting information variables of earnings, dividend and book value of equity and market value of listed Food and Beverages firms in Nigeria. Data were collected from the published annual reports of the sampled firms and their market values obtained from the official daily list of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) over a period of 10 years (2001-2010). Using multivariate regression as technique for data analysis, the study established that accounting information of Food &amp; Beverages companies in Nigeria is value relevant. Accordingly, the study recommends the use of financial statements figures of Food and Beverages firms for investment decision.</p>

scholarly journals Manajemen Laba Memoderasi Pengaruh Perubahan Laba, Perubahan Nilai Buku Ekuitas pada Relevansi Nilai Informasi Akuntansi

2019 ◽  
pp. 1419
Author(s):  
I Gede Ardian Andriawan ◽  
I Dewa Nyoman Wiratmaja
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Agency Theory ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Book Values ◽  
Positive Effect

The research objective is to prove earnings management moderates the effect of earnings changes and changes in equity book values on the relevance of the value of accounting information. Data analysis using multiple regression analysis and moderated regression analysis is used to test earnings management in moderating the effect of earnings changes and changes in equity book values on the relevance of the value of accounting information. The results of the study are changes in earnings and changes in the book value of equity have a positive effect on the relevance of the value of accounting information, in addition earnings management weakens the influence of changes in earnings and changes in equity book values on the relevance of accounting information. The research implications are supporting and adding empirical evidence about agency theory, and positive contributions to users of financial statements. Keywords: Value relevance, profit, equity book value, earnings management

scholarly journals A comparison of the value relevance of interim and annual financial statements

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mbalenhle Zulu ◽  
Marna De Klerk ◽  
Johan G.I. Oberholster
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Sample Period ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Annual Reporting ◽  
Interim Earnings ◽  
A Company ◽  
Is Value

Background: This study tests the value relevance of interim accounting information. The study also explores whether the value relevance of annual and interim financial statements has changed over time.Aim: It explores whether the value relevance of interim financial statements is higher than the value relevance of annual financial statements. Finally, it investigates whether accounting information published in interim and annual financial statements has incremental value relevance.Setting: Data for the period from 1999 to 2012 were collected from a sample of non-financial companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.Method: The Ohlson model to investigate the value relevance of accounting information was used for the study.Results: The results show that interim book value of equity is value relevant while interim earnings are not. Interim financial statements appear to have higher value relevance than annual financial statements. The value relevance of interim and annual accounting information has remained fairly constant over the sample period. Incremental comparisons provide evidence that additional book value of equity and earnings that accrue to a company between interim and annual reporting dates are value relevant.Conclusion: The study was conducted over a long sample period (1999–2012), in an era when a technology-driven economy and more timely reporting media could have had an effect on the value relevance of published accounting information. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to evaluate and compare the value relevance of published interim and annual financial statements.

scholarly journals The impact of the Law on Strengthening the Security of Financial Relations on the value relevance of accounting information in Tunisian Stock Exchange

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 42
Author(s):  
Mohamed Rafik Ben Ayed ◽  
Ezzeddine Abaoub
Keyword(s):  
Stock Returns ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Accounting Earnings ◽  
The Law ◽  
Security Returns ◽  
The Impact

This paper empirically investigates the value relevance of accounting earnings measures in the emerging capital market of Tunisia. The issue is tested by estimating the regression of annual security returns on different earnings measures extracted from income statements. In Tunisia, firms prepare their financial statements in accordance with Tunisian Accounting Standards (TAS) which are inspired from International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Based on a sample of 389 firm years for firms listed on the Tunis Stock Exchange (TSE) during the period 1997-2008 and using pooled regressions, we find that accounting earnings measures are weakly related to security returns. However, we find that earnings before taxes has the higher explanatory power for stock returns. This is perhaps due to the fact that financial statements are often influenced by taxation rules (ROSC, 2006; section 42). Further, we find that cash flow from operations and Total accruals are not value relevant for valuation. We tested whether the value relevance of each measure of performance improved after the adoption in October 2005 of the Law on Strengthening the Security of Financial Relations (LSSFR). Consistent with prior US and other international findings, results show that the explanatory power and the magnitude of the slope coefficient of each measure increased when we take into account for the impact of this enactment. However, the increase is not statistically significant. This is perhaps due to the employed specification of the relation between security returns and accounting information.

The incremental value relevance of cash flows and earnings affected by their extremity

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (7) ◽  
pp. 742-767
Author(s):  
Wael Mostafa
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Firm Valuation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Earnings Information ◽  
Unexpected Earnings ◽  
Incremental Value ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose In contrast to earlier studies, the most recent studies on the incremental value relevance of earnings and cash flows from operations find that both earnings and cash flows have incremental value relevance beyond each other. An interesting question that follows is whether these findings hold after controlling the extremity of earnings and cash flows. This study, therefore, aims to examine the incremental value relevance of earnings and cash flows in the following four cases: moderate earnings and moderate cash flows, moderate earnings and extreme cash flows, extreme earnings and moderate cash flows and extreme earnings and extreme cash flows. Design/methodology/approach To evaluate the incremental value relevance (information content) of earnings and cash flows for each of the four cases mentioned above, we examine the statistical significance of the slope coefficients for regression of returns on both unexpected earnings and unexpected cash flows from operations. Findings The results show that (i) both moderate and extreme earnings have incremental value relevance beyond both moderate and extreme cash flows, (ii) moderate cash flows have incremental value relevance beyond both moderate and extreme earnings and (iii) extreme cash flows lack incremental value relevance beyond moderate earnings; however, they (extreme cash flows) have incremental value relevance beyond extreme earnings. These results suggest that earnings and cash flows have incremental value relevance. However, only in cases when cash flows are extreme and earnings are moderate, cash flows do not possess incremental value relevance. In further analysis, we find that the value relevance for cash flows and earnings decreases when they are extreme and transitory. Moreover, the value relevance for cash flows increases when they are moderate (not extreme) and the other competing measure (earnings) is transitory and extreme. Practical implications The results support the idea that earnings and cash flows from operations complement each other in explaining variation in returns. However, when cash flows are extreme and less informative, investors rely more on earnings in firm valuation, especially when earnings are moderate. Because earnings are unlikely to persist to be permanent across the years, these results can be interpreted as indicating that cash flows and earnings information are used jointly by investors. Originality/value In contrast to previous studies, we control for the extremity of earnings and cash flows when evaluating the incremental value relevance of earnings and cash flows from operations.

scholarly journals i, The Impact of Adoption of IFRS 9 on the Value Relevance Accounting Information for the Companies Listed in ISX

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Prof Dr Bushra Najem Aubdullah Al- Mashhadan ◽  
Prof Dr Bushra Najem Aubdullah Al- Mashhadan
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Book Value ◽  
Earnings Information ◽  
Income Statement ◽  
Ifrs 9 ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

This research aims to know the effect of adopting IFRS 9 on the relevance of the value of the accounting information of the companies in the Iraqi Stock Exchange. Researchers relied on analyzing the financial statements of 10 listed companies for years 2016 – 2019. Researchers used the Ohlson price model to test the relationship between accounting information and value relevance. The research indicated that there is a significant relationship between the adoption of IFRS 9 and the relevance of the value of the earnings and the book value, but the earnings information is more relevance than the book value information, it is due to the interest of investors in the income statement in making investment decisions.

scholarly journals RELEVANSI NILAI INFORMASI AKUNTANSI TERHADAP HARGA SAHAM YANG DIMODERASI KONSERVATISME AKUNTANSI

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Margareta Chaslim, Carmel Meiden
Keyword(s):  
Stock Price ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Accounting Conservatism ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The Impact

An information content of the published financial statements is said to have value relevance if it is able to revise investor beliefs as reflected in market reaction through stock price changes. Nevertheless, many issues suggest that the value relevance of accounting information has declined, mainly due to the increasing practices of conservatism. This research purpose is to know and  prove the value relevance of accounting information and the impact of conservatism on the value relevance of the manufacturing firms listing in the Indonesian Stock Exchange in the period of 2013-2016. The sample used amounted to 320 observations consisting of 80 companies each year. Based on data analysis techniques with multiple linear regression analysis, it was found that accounting information proved to have value relevance to the stock price, as well as accounting conservatism have a different effect on each accounting information.Keywords: Value relevance, accounting information, stock price, conservatism

Value relevance of earnings and book values in the Qatari Stock Exchange

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hesham I. Almujamed ◽  
Mishari M. Alfraih
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Valuation Model ◽  
Book Values ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The study of developed capital markets suggests that information provided in financial statements has lost its value relevance to equity holders. The purpose of this paper is to explore this issue in the emerging market of Qatar. Design/methodology/approach Following other studies in the literature, the study examines the value relevance of earnings and book values using the price valuation model provided by Ohlson (1995). A total of 215 observations were collected from all firms listed on the Qatari Stock Exchange over a period of five years (2012–2016). Findings This study suggests that the value relevance of both earnings and book values has noticeably decreased over the sample period. However, its results show that the decline in the value relevance of earnings favored book values. Research limitations/implications Like other studies, this one has limitations that suggest areas for future research. For example, in Qatar, like other emerging markets, a lack of data prevents the performance of deep analysis. Additionally, the authors only use Ohlson’s (1995) model as a framework for evaluation. It would be interesting to explore the changes when examining alternative valuation models. Another limitation is that the authors examine only two accounting measures: earnings and book values. Further research could explore changes in the value relevance of other measures, such as cash flow. Practical implications These findings provide empirical evidence regarding the value relevance of earnings and book values in an emerging market. Originality/value To the authors’ knowledge, this paper provides the first empirical evidence regarding the value relevance of earnings and book values in the emerging capital market of Qatar.

The Value Relevance of Accounting Information in Times of Crisis

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-67
Author(s):  
Lars Mion ◽  
Georgios Georgakopoulos ◽  
Petros Kalantonis ◽  
Nicolaos Eriotis
Keyword(s):  
Value Relevance ◽  
Debt Crisis ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Credit Crunch ◽  
Net Income ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Market Values ◽  
Research Stream ◽  
Book Values

The financial crisis started in 2007 with the credit crunch persists until today in the form of the European debt crisis. The main focus of this paper is the relevance of financial statements in determining firm market value in such times. The work contributes to this research stream as one of the earliest studies probing into the effects of the credit crunch and the euro-debt crises. This paper examines a sample of firm year observations from 2003 to 2011 of companies listed in the Amsterdam Euronext exchange. It focuses on the relation between market values and both book values and net income measures. The findings suggest that the combined explanatory power of the independent variables decreases in the years marked as crisis years. Net income leads to less value relevance high lighting the importance of book values. Incremental explanatory power of book values increases during the credit crunch, and decreases afterwards.

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