scholarly journals Earnings Smoothing, Analyst Following and Firm Value

Author(s):  
George Allayannis ◽  
Paul J. Simko
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Nor Afifah Shabani ◽  
Saudah Sofian

Earnings smoothing, which refers to the action of managers managing earnings to reduce fluctuations of reported earnings, is a special type of earnings management because while earnings smoothing may be used to distort shareholders and creditors’ view of corporate actual performance, it may also serve as a tool to communicate corporate private information of future earnings to the aforementioned stakeholders. Hence, it comes to no surprise when prior literatures reveal that the studies on the role of earnings smoothing are divided into two streams: as information signaling and information garbling. This paper aims to review prior literatures, specifically on the role of earnings smoothing either as information signaling or garbling based on four themes: firm value, financing need, compensation contract and outsiders’ intervention. This paper reviews journal articles gathered from Web of Science database. Based on the shortcomings of prior literatures, this paper highlights avenue for future research.


2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sulaiman Mouselli ◽  
Khaled Hussainey

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of a firm’s corporate governance (CG) mechanisms on the number of financial analysts following UK firms. The potential effect of the number of analysts following firms in the UK on the association between CG mechanisms and firm value was also examined. Design/methodology/approach – Multiple regression models were used to examine the association between CG, analyst coverage and firm value for a large sample of UK firms listed in London Stock Exchange with financial year ends between January 2003 and December 2008. Findings – It was found that the aggregate level of CG quality is positively associated with the number of analysts following UK firms. In addition, the compensation score is the main component that affects the number of analysts following UK firms. The results suggest that financial analysts are particularly concerned with how much compensation executives and directors receive. This is consistent with Jensen and Meckling (1976) who argue that chief executive officer (CEO) compensation can be used as effective mechanisms for mitigating agency costs. Hence, higher levels of CEO compensation attract more financial analysts to follow the firm. Surprisingly, when the joint effect of both CG quality and the number of analysts following on firm value was examined, no significant effect was found for both variables on firm value. Originality/value – This paper contributes to prior research by providing the first empirical evidence on the impact of disaggregated levels of CG on analyst following and firm value for a large sample of UK firms.


2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Omar Farooq ◽  
Harit Satt

Given ineffective disclosure and governance mechanisms, are there any mechanisms that can help improve performance of firms in the MENA region? This paper aims to answer the above question by documenting the effect of analyst following on firm performance during the period between 2005 and 2009. Our results show that the extent of analyst following does positively affect firm performance. However, this beneficial impact exists only at high level of analyst following. At lower levels of analysts following, our results show negative relationship between the two. We argue that high levels of analyst following, it becomes hard for insiders to evade effective disclosure of firm value. It, therefore, leads to lower agency problems and, eventually, to better performance. We also show that high levels of analyst following, partly, improve the informativeness of reported earnings. However, it does not improve the informativeness to an extent that the information contained in reported earnings is positively reflected in stock prices


2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-111
Author(s):  
Sulastiningsih Sulastiningsih ◽  
Rizka Imanita Sholihati

This study aims to determine whether the financial performance measured by using CAR, ROA, LDR, BOPO, and CSR can affect the value of banking companies as measured by using PBV. This study uses secondary data taken from the annual report of banking companies during the year 2012-2016 listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The number of samples of this study as many as 25 banking companies with a total of 125 data. This research method is quantitative research. The results of this study indicate the effect of CAR, ROA, LDR, BOPO, and CSR variables on firm value measured by using PBV in a banking company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. Keywords: CAR, ROA, LDR, BOPO, CSR, PBV


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