Seasoned Capital Offerings: Earnings Management and Long-Run Operating Performance of Indian Firms

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subba Reddy Yarram
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Tsai-Yin Lin ◽  
Jerry Yu ◽  
Chia-Yi Lin

One of the IPO-related anomalies that have been well-discussed in the finance literature is the IPO’s long-running underperformance. Two of the major explanations of that phenomenon are: “Hot market” and earnings management. This study investigates the relative importance of these two explanations to the IPO’s long-run underperformance. Our results show that although both hot market and earnings management play a role in explaining IPO’s long-run performance in their own rights, earnings management no longer exhibits significant explanatory power when the IPOs are issued in the cold market. While the IPOs that are issued in the hot market still tend to underperform in the long run even if the firms do not engage in earnings management. Our findings are consistent with the literature related to the information asymmetry in IPO market. And, because the information asymmetry is more severe in hot market condition, IPOs issued in hot market tend to exhibit poorer returns than those issued in cold market.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deqiu Chen ◽  
Huasheng Gao ◽  
Yujing Ma

We present evidence that the desire to gain human capital is an important motive for corporate acquisitions. Our tests exploit the staggered recognition of the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine (IDD) by U.S. state courts, which prevents employees with trade secret knowledge from working for other firms. We find a significant increase in the likelihood of being acquired for firms headquartered in states that recognize such a doctrine relative to firms headquartered in states that do not. Our result is stronger for firms with greater human capital and for firms whose employees have better ex ante employment mobility. We show that the IDD is positively associated with the retention of target firms’ key technicians, employees, and top executives after an acquisition. We also show that the IDD is positively associated with synergy creation, acquirers’ announcement returns, and acquirers’ long-run stock and operating performance. Overall, our result indicates that corporate acquisitions can be used as a means for firms to overcome labor market frictions and gain access to valuable human capital. This paper was accepted by David Simchi-Levi, finance.


2002 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 417-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Syan Chen ◽  
Kim Wai Ho ◽  
Cheng-Few Lee ◽  
Gillian H. H. Yeo

We find that Singapore listed firms which have conducted private placements subsequently experience long-run stock underperformance. The long-run underperformance is more severe for small firms and firms with a higher book-to-market ratio. This suggests that small firms and firms with poorer growth prospects are more likely to time the issue when the stock is temporarily overvalued. Further more, we find a positive relation between the long-run stock performance and the change in ownership concentration of the issuing firms, which is consistent with the alignment-of-interests hypothesis. We do not find evidence supporting the earnings-management hypothesis.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1211-1232
Author(s):  
Jesse Alves da Cunha ◽  
Yudhvir Seetharam

Purpose Opinions have been divided on whether there is a rational explanation to the reason behind seasoned equity offerings (SEOs) or whether the explanation lies within the behavioural intricacies attributed to stock market participants. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach This study investigates the long-run performance of firms conducting SEOs on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) over the period of 1998–2015, by examining the return performance and operating performance of firms, along with the impact of investor sentiment on these variables. Findings The results of this study are inconsistent with the existing literature, which argues that the long-run performance of issuing firms signalled an initial underreaction to SEOs buoyed by over-optimistic investors. Research limitations/implications Instead, the long-run performance of issuing firms is adequately explained by the rational models centred on the risk-return framework, implying that investors are reacting swiftly to SEOs in an unbiased fashion. Originality/value Investor sentiment does not materially influence the long-run share performance or operating performance of issuing firms, casting doubt on the ability of the market timing theory to explain the long-run performance of SEOs. The authors thus find that SEO performance cannot be explained by behavioural-based reasoning, in contrast to some asset pricing studies on the JSE which indicate the role of sentiment in explaining returns.


2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-58
Author(s):  
Deepa Mangala ◽  
Mamta Dhanda

Disclosure through corporate annual reports is intended to enhance transparency and reduce information asymmetry during public issues. Ritter (1991) revealed that there is something fishy in the financial reports of the companies coming out with public issues. Earnings management has been recognised as a foremost contributor to such misleading financial reports. The short term overperformance of initial public offerings (IPO) of companies increases the expectations of potential investors and leads to a subsequent decline of performance in long run leaving the investors in distraught. The observed phenomenon is omnipresent and thus affects the investors across the globe. The present article empirically investigates the presence of earnings management in IPOs in India. The study is based on Modified Jones Model, the best known model to measure accruals earnings management. Preliminary results exhibit that earnings management in Indian IPOs is much higher than in developed countries. The study further discovers that the earnings performance of IPO companies is abnormally higher in IPO year as compared with post-offer period. Both the results taken together reinforce that post-issue earnings performance is a derivation of issue year earnings management in India.


Owner ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 345-357
Author(s):  
Amrie Firmansyah ◽  
Titi Sari Indriani

The stock split policy shows the success of managers in managing the company. The condition of managers who have perfect information compared to shareholders, stock split policies may coincide with certain motives carried out by managers. This study examines differences in earnings management, operating performance, and market performance before and after the company conducts a stock split. This study employs secondary data sourced from www.idx.co.id, www.idnfinansials.com, and www.finance.yahoo.com. The data employed consists of data and information from financial statements and stock prices of non-financial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2013 to 2019. The sample used in this study amounted to 64 observations based on purposive sampling. The data analysis test used the normality test and the Wilcoxon matched-pairs test. This study concludes that earnings management and market performance increase after the company's stock split is carried out. Meanwhile, operating performance did not experience any difference before and after the stock split was carried out. This study proves that managers employ the moment stock split to carry out earnings management for certain motives, even though the market participants positively respond to these actions. The companies that carry out stock splits should make these events to improve their operating performance. This study indicates that the Financial Services Authority needs to review companies with plans to conduct a stock split to protect investors in the capital market


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