• 제목/요약/키워드: Earnings Forecast

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Earnings Forecasts and Firm Characteristics in the Wholesale and Retail Industries

  • LIM, Seung-Yeon
    • 유통과학연구
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    • 제20권12호
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    • pp.117-123
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    • 2022
  • Purpose: This study investigates the relationship between earnings forecasts estimated from a cross-sectional earnings forecast model and firm characteristics such as firm size, sales volatility, and earnings volatility. Research design, data and methodology: The association between earnings forecasts and the aforementioned firm characteristics is examined using 214 firm-year observations with analyst following and 848 firm-year observations without analyst following for the period of 2011-2019. I estimate future earnings using a cross-sectional earnings forecast model, and then compare these model-based earnings forecasts with analysts' earnings forecasts in terms of forecast bias and forecast accuracy. The earnings forecast bias and accuracy are regressed on firm size, sales volatility, and earnings volatility. Results: For a sample with analyst following, I find that the model-based earnings forecasts are more accurate as the firm size is larger, whereas the analysts' earnings forecasts are less biased and more accurate as the firm size is larger. However, for a sample without analyst following, I find that the model-based earnings forecasts are more pessimistic and less accurate as firms' past earnings are more volatile. Conclusions: Although model-based earnings forecasts are useful for evaluating firms without analyst following, their accuracy depends on the firms' earnings volatility.

The Amount of Earnings Per Share's Adjustment and Earnings Management

  • Paricheh, Monireh;Mehrazeen, Alireza;Shiri, Mahmoud Mousavi
    • 산경연구논집
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    • 제4권1호
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    • pp.15-21
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    • 2013
  • Purpose - Our goal was to determine whether there is a relationship between actual profits' deviation from the profits expected in earnings per share's adjustment announcements and the degree of apparent earnings management in annual financial statements. Research design, data, and methodology - The samples consisted of 133 companies from ten industries. The companies were selected among those listed in the stock exchange, and their data were examined covering the two-year period from 2008 to 2010. Tests were conducted using a regression model and SPSS statistical software. Results - The findings indicate the following. There is no significantly positive relationship among the last earnings per share's adjustment forecast, the first earnings forecast per share, and earnings management. Moreover, the amount of the latest earnings per share's adjustment forecast relative to its first forecast is not associated with the companies' discretionary accruals items. Finally, the hypothesis that a relationship exists between companies' latest adjustments of their earnings per share and earnings management was tested the results indicate that there is no such relationship. Conclusions - The study's results suggest that the amount of earnings per share's adjustment is not a motivation for earnings management.

The Effect of Earnings Quality on Financial Analysts' Dividend Forecast Accuracy: Evidence from Korea

  • NAM, Hye-Jeong
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제6권4호
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    • pp.91-98
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    • 2019
  • Dividend policy is an important business decision and is considered a channel to communicate a firm's performance to shareholders. Given the empirical findings that earnings quality significantly affects financial analysts' forecasting activities, it is predicted that higher earnings quality would positively influence forecast accuracy. Specifically, it is expected that financial analysts would forecast dividends more accurately for firms with higher earning quality. Unlike the research on financial analysts' earnings forecasts was heavily conducted, there is little study about financial analysts' dividend forecasts. This paper examines the effect of earnings quality on financial analysts' dividend forecast accuracy. We use a sample of South Korean firms for the period of 2011-2015 for multivariate regression. Earnings quality is measured by accruals quality and performance-adjusted discretionary accruals followed by prior studies. We first compare the accuracy between dividend forecasts and earnings forecasts using t-test and Wilcoxon singed-rank test. It is confirmed that financial analysts' dividend forecasts are more accurate than earnings forecasts in Korea. We find that financial analysts' dividend forecasts are more accurate for firms with higher earnings quality. We also find that the result is still valid after controlling for the accuracy of financial analysts' earnings forecasts. This confirms that earnings quality positively affects financial analysts' dividend forecasts.

Earnings Attributes that Contribute to Analyst Forecasting Errors: Empirical Evidence from Korea

  • KIM, Joonhyun
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제8권8호
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    • pp.647-658
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    • 2021
  • Analysts' forecasts are important for providing useful guidance to investors, especially individual or small investors, and therefore it becomes critical to identify the elements which can potentially increase errors in analysts' forecasts. This study investigates potential factors which can lead to errors in forecasting by analysts, specifically in terms of the level and attributes of corporate earnings. Utilizing a sample of firms listed on the Korean stock markets, this study provides evidence that firms with more volatile and unpredictable earnings feature less accurate analyst forecasts. This study fills a void in the literature by conducting empirical tests for earnings attributes in terms of volatility and unpredictability that could potentially undermine the forecast accuracy. The negative association between the quality of earnings and forecast accuracy is more pronounced for firms with negative net income values. Additional analysis demonstrates that forecast accuracy is significantly lower for the fourth quarter than for other fiscal quarters and that fourth quarter earnings tend to be more volatile and unpredictable. This study contributes to the literature by providing new empirical evidence regarding the comprehensive effects of earnings quality and level on analysts' forecasting accuracy and further suggests potential factors contributing to the fourth quarter anomaly in analyst forecasts in terms of earnings attributes.

Sustainable Earnings and Its Forecast: The Case of Vietnam

  • DO, Nhung Hong;PHAM, Nha Van Tue;TRAN, Dung Manh;LE, Thuy Thu
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제7권3호
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    • pp.73-85
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    • 2020
  • The study aims to provide better understanding of sustainable earnings by a comprehensive analysis of earnings persistence of business firms in Vietnam as an example of developing economies in South-East Asia. Dataset of 1,278 publicly listed firms (excluding banking and financial services firms) on Vietnam Stock Exchange for the period from 2008 to 2017 was collected. By applying fixed effect regression model, the empirical results provided the basis to measure the persistence index (Pers index) and find low level of their earnings persistence. The literature of earnings quality analysis in developed countries suggests earnings persistence as a noteworthy determinant of future earnings forecast and stock valuation. However, research of sustainable earnings in developing countries is still highly underdeveloped. For Vietnamese listed firms, the average Pers index was estimated for the period from 2008 to 2010, indicating low level of earnings persistence. We also incorporated earnings persistence level into future earnings forecast by running the quintile regression model divided the data into four equal levels and conducted each section independently to see the difference in each percentile, thence assessed the factors' influence on the specific model. The findings provide important information on the expected returns of firms, especially helping investors make sound decisions.

Effect of Tax-Related Information on Pre-Tax Income Forecast and Value Relevance

  • OH, Kwang-Wuk;KI, Eun-Sun
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • 제7권1호
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    • pp.81-90
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    • 2020
  • We examine the effects of the complexity of tax-related information on the issuance of analyst's pre-tax income forecast and its value relevance. If analysts respond adequately to the needs of investors, they are more likely to provide a pre-tax income forecast. The provision of a pre-tax income forecast may indicate analysts' confidence in assessing the quality of earnings. Thus, investors, in turn, would be more confident in the analysts' pre-tax income forecasts if analysts provide both pre-tax and earnings forecasts than only the latter. Using a sample of Korean listed companies for 2005-2014, we find that analysts are likely to provide an implicit tax forecast when the volatility of the effective tax rate is low and the book-tax differences are small. We also find that when analysts provide pre-tax and after tax income forecasts, the value relevance for unexpected earnings increases. These results indicate that analysts are likely to be interested in corporate tax information and the complexity of tax-related information affects the availability of implicit tax forecasts. Furthermore, this study provides empirical evidence that when analysts provide both pre-tax and after tax income forecasts, investors have more confidence in analysts' earnings forecasts, which results in greater investors' responses.

경영자 능력이 재무분석가 이익예측 정보에 미치는 영향 (The Effect of Managerial Ability on Analysts' Earnings Forecast)

  • 박보영
    • 경영과정보연구
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    • 제35권4호
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    • pp.213-227
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    • 2016
  • 본 연구는 경영자의 능력이 자본시장에서의 정보비대칭 현상에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 이를 위해, 2000년부터 2013년까지 유가증권 시장에 상장된 2,246개 기업-연도 표본을 대상으로 경영자의 능력이 정보비대칭 변수의 대용치인 재무분석가의 이익예측 정보에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지를 분석하였다. 분석을 위해, Demerjian et al. (2012)의 방법에 따라 DEA(Data Envelopment Analysis)를 이용하여 경영자의 능력을 측정하였고, 이렇게 측정된 경영자의 능력 변수와 재무분석가의 이익예측 오차(error) 및 편의(bias) 변수와의 관계를 분석하였다. 분석결과, 경영자의 능력이 뛰어날수록 재무분석가의 이익예측오차가 감소하였고, 재무분석가의 낙관적인 이익예측편의 또한 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 본 연구는 경영자의 높은 능력으로 인한 회계정보의 질적 향상이 자본시장에서 정보비대칭 현상을 감소시켰음을 보여주었다는 점에서 공헌점을 가진다.

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기업지배구조가 재무분석가의 이익 예측오차와 정확성에 미치는 영향 (The Effects of Ownership Structure on Analysts' Earnings Forecasts)

  • 박범진
    • 재무관리연구
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    • 제27권1호
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    • pp.31-62
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    • 2010
  • 본 연구는 시장효율성을 증대시키는 재무분석가의 이익예측 의사결정에 기업지배구조에서 중추적 역할을 하고 있는 소유구조가 미치는 영향을 분석하였다. 본 연구의 분석기간은 2000년부터 2006년까지이며 표본은 증권거래소에 상장된 기업들로 재무분석가의 이익예측치가 존재하는 12월말 결산법인으로 하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 대주주지분율이 높은 기업은 질 낮은 회계이익을 바탕으로 재무분석가가 낙관적인 이익 예측을 하여 이익예측오차는 크나 대주주와의 우호관계를 통해 기업의 사적정보를 입수할 가능성이 있기 때문에 정확성이 높은 것으로 보인다. 기관투자자지분율이 높은 기업은 질 높은 회계이익을 바탕으로 재무분석가가 신중한 이익예측을 하여 이익예측오차는 감소하나 정확성은 높지 않은 것으로 보인다. 한편, 이러한 결과들은 재무분석가의 이익예측이 낙관적인 집단에 기인하며, 정확성은 상대적으로 떨어지는 집단에 기인하였다. 둘째, 소유구조와 재무분석가의 이익예측간의 관련성에 기업지배구조관련변수들의 영향력을 추가로 살펴보았다. 분석결과, 약간의(marginal) 의미만을 지니며 소유구조 전반으로 일반화하기에는 무리가 있었다. 추후 재무분석가들이 이미 선행연구들에서 밝혀진 기업경영의 투명성에 지대한 공헌을 한 지배구조 변수들을 의사결정 시에 반영하면 이러한 결과들이 더 뚜렷해 질 것으로 보인다. 본 연구는 상기의 결과들에도 불구하고 다음과 같은 한계점을 지니고 있다. 재무분석가의 이익예측정확성 차이를 구분함에 있어서 이익예측치의 중위수를 기준으로 높고 낮음을 판단하였다. 이러한 구분은 자의적인 방법이므로 추후 개선된 방법이 필요할 것이다. 그리고 재무분석가들의 이익예측치 발표시점에 대하여 독립변수들을 시장상황에 맞게 대응시키지 못하였다. 마지막으로 소유구조가 재무분석가의 이익예측에 미치는 직접적인 영향과 간접적인 영향을 명확히 구분하지 못하였다. 추후 자본시장의 효율성 증대를 위해 재무분석가가 더 많은 기업에 대해 정보를 제시해야 하며 그들의 제공된 정보가 시장효율성을 왜곡시키지 않도록 많은 견제와 감시제도가 존재해야 할 것이다.

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배당공시이후 애널리스트 이익추정치 발표가 주가에 미치는영향 (The Effect of Analysts' Earnings Forecasts Following Dividend Announcements on Stock Returns)

  • 홍춘욱;이성효;김경일
    • 융합정보논문지
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    • 제7권3호
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    • pp.105-109
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    • 2017
  • 본 연구는 기업의 배당공시 이후 애널리스트들의 이익 추정 수정치가 주가에 어떤 영향을 미치는지 살펴보았다. 우선, 배당공시 이후 발표된 애널리스트들의 이익 추정치에 대한 주가 반응을 추정한 결과, 이익 추정이 상향조정된 기업들은 그렇지 못한 기업들에 비해 통계적으로 유의한 양(+)의 누적초과수익률을 기록한 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 배당공시와 이익 추정치 발표의 상호관계에 있어서 '신호효과'와 '확증효과'를 검증하였다. 검증 결과, 확증효과가 우세한 것으로 나타났다. 이는 배당과 이익 수정이 동일한 방향일 때는 시장이 반응을 하지만, 서로 다른 방향일 때는 시장에 중요한 정보가 되지 못함을 의미한다.

비정상투자가 재무분석가의 이익예측에 미치는 영향 (The Effect of Abnormal Investment on Analyst Earnings Forecast)

  • 전진호
    • 한국융합학회논문지
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    • 제9권2호
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    • pp.207-215
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    • 2018
  • 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.