Post-Earnings Announcement Drift

Analyst Coverage and the Profitability of Earnings Momentum Strategies

Omschrijving

It is a well documented finding in finance theory that share prices drift in the direction of firms'' unexpected earnings changes, a phenomenom known as post-earnings announcement drift, or earnings momentum. In this book, I study the stock prices'' reaction to firms'' quarterly earnings announcements. The book shows that the timeframe in which the drift occurs is related to the size of a firm and is limited in time after the earnings announcement. I further analyze the effect of the number of analysts covering a firm on the magnitude and persistance of post-earnings announcement drift. I document that recent analyst coverage predicts large drifts after the earnings announcements. I suggest several possible explanations, but the evidence seems most consistent with recent analyst coverage providing information about investor (or analyst) expectations regarding firm''s future earnings. This book should be useful to professionals in Financial Economics, especially to those interested in Behavioral Finance in stock markets, but also to equity analysts, traders or investors interested in the stocks'' response to earnings news.
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€ 19,95 binnen Nederland
Schrijver
Tomcany, Tomas
Titel
Post-Earnings Announcement Drift
Uitgever
LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Jaar
2010
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
92
Gewicht
157 gr
EAN
9783843367813
Afmetingen
221 x 151 x 9 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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