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The Effect of Abnormal Investment on Analyst Earnings Forecast

비정상투자가 재무분석가의 이익예측에 미치는 영향

  • Jeon, Jin-Ho (Dept. of Business Administration, Catholic Kwan-Dong University)
  • 전진호 (가톨릭관동대학교 경영학과)
  • Received : 2017.12.13
  • Accepted : 2018.02.20
  • Published : 2018.02.28

Abstract

In this study, targeting KOSPI and KOSDAQ listed companies, the relationship between the abnormal investment of companies and analyst earnings forecasts was empirically analyzed. The analysis period of this study spanned from 2003 to 2015 (with that of dependent variables spanning from 2004 to 2016) based on the variables of interest, and among the companies whose earnings per share forecasts were announced by financial analysts, the final sample of 4,917 companies/year that meets the research condition was selected as the target analysis. The results of the empirical analysis are as follows. First, it turned out that the more total abnormal investment, abnormal R&D and abnormal CAPEX investment, the more accurate were analyst earnings forecasts. Second, the more total abnormal investment, abnormal R&D, abnormal CAPEX investment, the more pessimistic analyst earnings forecasts tended to be. Further analysis has shown that these results came more from over investment groups than under investment groups. The results of this study are expected to make additional contributions to the existing studies in that the abnormal investment is considered as a determinant of analyst earnings forecasts.

본 연구는 유가증권 및 코스닥상장기업을 대상으로 기업의 비정상 투자가 재무분석가의 이익예측과 어떠한 관계가 있는지 실증적으로 분석하였다. 본 연구의 분석기간은 관심변수를 기준으로 2003년부터 2015년까지(종속변수는 2004년부터 2016년까지)이며 재무분석가가 주당이익예측치를 발표한 기업 중 연구조건을 만족하는 최종표본 4,917개 기업/년 자료를 분석대상으로 선정하여 연구를 진행하였다. 실증분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 비정상 총투자, 비정상 R&D, 비정상 CAPEX 투자가 많을수록 재무분석가의 이익예측정확성은 유의하게 향상되었다. 둘째, 비정상 총투자, 비정상 R&D, 비정상 CAPEX 투자가 많을수록 재무분석가의 이익예측은 비관적인 성향을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 추가분석을 통해 이러한 결과는 과소투자 집단보다는 주로 과잉투자 집단에 의해 발생되는 결과임이 입증되었다. 본 연구결과는 재무분석가의 이익예측 결정요인으로 비정상투자가 고려된다는 점에서 기존 연구에 추가적인 공헌점이 있을 것으로 기대된다.

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