On the informativeness of unexpected exclusions from street earnings

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Bratten, Brian [1 ]
Larocque, Stephannie [2 ,4 ]
Yohn, Teri [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Kentucky, Gatton Coll Business & Econ, Lexington, KY USA
[2] Univ Notre Dame, Mendoza Coll Business, Notre Dame, IN USA
[3] Emory Univ, Goizueta Business Sch, Atlanta, GA USA
[4] Univ Notre Dame, Mendoza Coll Business, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
关键词
analysts; benchmark beating; exclusions; forecasts; meet or beat; street versus GAAP; analystes; atteindre ou depasser; depassement des indices de reference; estimations des benefices par rapport aux benefices conformes aux PCGR; previsions; NON-GAAP EARNINGS; PRO FORMA; MANAGERS USE; ANALYSTS; CLASSIFICATION; PERSISTENCE; DISCLOSURE;
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10.1111/1911-3846.12924
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F8 [财政、金融];
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0202 ;
摘要
Exclusions from street earnings can include both expected exclusions, forecasted ex ante by analysts, and unexpected exclusions, revealed after earnings are reported. While prior research largely examines total exclusions from street earnings, unexpected exclusions reflect the news or surprise in exclusions. We investigate the properties and informativeness of unexpected exclusions for future profitability, benchmark beating, analyst forecast errors, and future stock returns. We find that unexpected exclusions represent a mix of transitory and recurring items and are informative about future street earnings. In an analysis of hand-collected analysts' reports, we find that unexpected exclusions are more likely to reflect misestimated recurring items when analysts forecasted exclusions, and unexpected transitory items when analysts did not forecast exclusions. We also examine benchmark-beating behavior, in which street earnings meet street forecasts but GAAP earnings miss GAAP forecasts. We observe that benchmark beating is more likely to occur when analysts forecast exclusions than when they do not. Moreover, we find unexpected exclusions are more persistent when street earnings meet street forecasts but GAAP earnings miss GAAP forecasts. These findings are consistent with recurring earnings amounts being opportunistically shifted to excluded items to meet analysts' street forecasts. Finally, we find some evidence that analysts and investors react to, but do not fully incorporate, the information in unexpected exclusions, based on forecast revisions and stock price reactions. De la valeur informative des exclusions inattendues des estimations des beneficesLes exclusions des estimations des benefices peuvent comprendre les exclusions attendues, prevues ex ante par les analystes, et les exclusions inattendues, revelees apres la communication des benefices. Alors que la recherche anterieure porte en grande partie sur les exclusions totales des estimations des benefices, les exclusions inattendues refletent le caractere nouveau ou etonnant des exclusions. Nous nous penchons sur les proprietes et la valeur informative des exclusions inattendues concernant la rentabilite future, le depassement des indices de reference, les erreurs previsionnelles des analystes et le rendement futur des actions. Nous etablissons que les exclusions inattendues representent une combinaison d'elements transitoires et recurrents, et fournissent de l'information sur les estimations des benefices a venir. Dans le cadre d'une analyse de rapports d'analystes recueillis a la main, nous montrons que les exclusions inattendues sont plus susceptibles de refleter les elements recurrents mal estimes lorsque les exclusions ont ete prevues par les analystes et les elements transitoires inattendus lorsque les exclusions n'ont pas ete prevues par les analystes. Nous examinons egalement les comportements associes au depassement des indices de reference, ou les estimations des benefices correspondent aux previsions des analystes, mais ou les benefices conformes aux PCGR ne correspondent pas aux previsions conformes aux PCGR. Nous observons que le depassement des indices de reference est plus susceptible de survenir lorsque les analystes prevoient les exclusions que lorsqu'ils ne le font pas. En outre, nous etablissons que les exclusions inattendues sont plus persistantes lorsque les estimations des benefices correspondent aux previsions des analystes, mais que les benefices conformes aux PCGR ne correspondent pas aux previsions conformes aux PCGR. Ces resultats sont coherents avec le transfert opportuniste des montants des benefices recurrents vers les elements exclus afin de correspondre aux previsions des analystes. Enfin, nous degageons des donnees probantes indiquant que les analystes et les investisseurs reagissent a l'information sur les exclusions inattendues, sans toutefois l'integrer pleinement, en fonction des revisions apportees aux previsions et de la reaction des cours boursiers.
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页码:809 / 841
页数:33
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