Financial Statement Analysis: Impact of Accounting Information on Capital Markets, Study notes of Financial Statement Analysis

Download Financial Statement Analysis: Impact of Accounting Information on Capital Markets and more Study notes Financial Statement Analysis in PDF only on Docsity! 5 Empirical research 126 November 2007 1 Empirical Research and Financial Statement Analysis Chapter 5 How does financial information affect capital markets ? 2 Classical Approach Choose accounting and reporting methods based on: - How close does reported information come close to “true” picture Believes in: Investors accept statements at face value Interrelationships between investors’ motivation and reaction not measured. More importantly Interrelationships between management’s motivation and Investor reaction not measured. 3 Classical Theory Operating, investing and financing and decisions Events True economic reality Accounting description Relationship Can Derive “correct statements” from concepts and principles 4 Market based research From 1960’s How do users react to financial information? Do alternate accounting methods affect users’ reaction Two advances in financial theory: 5 Efficient Market theory Security prices fully reflect information in: ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Weak form past security prices ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Semi strong form publicly available information ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Strong form all information 6 SanDisk Shares Drop on Intel-Micron Deal Monday November 21, 12:09 pm ET SanDisk Shares Drop 15.7 Percent After Intel, Micron Technology Announce Joint Venture NEW YORK (AP) -- Shares of SanDisk Corp. ??? after chipmakers Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. announced a NAND flash memory joint venture, which could put the squeeze on the company. Shares of the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based flash memory card maker dropped by $8.82, or 15.7 percent, to $47.38 in midday trading on the Nasdaq. 05 SanDisk Shares Intel-Micron Deal.htm 5 Empirical research 226 November 2007 7 SanDisk Shares Drop 8 Target 07 TODAY'S MARKETS By JOANNA OSSINGER Stocks Fall on Subprime, Bernanke July 10, 2007 8:24 p.m. The markets fumbled while trying to climb a wall of worry Tuesday, On the earnings front, Sears Holdings shares fell 10% after the retailer said its domestic same-store sales had dropped and forecast second-quarter earnings below analysts' expectations. It also announced an additional $1 billion stock buyback. Other retailers were also lower ahead of sector data later this week, as investors see signs of trouble ahead. Macy's fell 3.7% and Target lost 2.9%. 9 Target 07 Reuters Stocks surge on retail sales and Alcoa talk Thursday July 12, 3:17 pm ET By Caroline Valetkevitch Retailers Target Corp (NYSE:TGT - News) and J.C. Penney Co. Inc. (NYSE:JCP - News) also released positive sales reports. Shares of Target rose 5.2 percent to $68.99 and hit a new lifetime high of $70.37 after the No. 2 U.S. discounter forecast July same-store sales up 5 percent to 7 percent. 10 Target 07 UPDATE 1-Target soars after report of Ackman stake Thu Jul 12, 2007 3:56PM EDT LOS ANGELES, July 12 (Reuters) - Target Corp (TGT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) shares rose as much as 7 percent Thursday afternoon after Bloomberg reported that activist investor William Ackman has taken a more than 5 percent stake in the discount retailer. 11 Target 07 2 12 Tests of EMH with respect to financial disclosures Change accelerated to straight-line depreciation method? Earnings increase or decrease Value of assets increase or decrease Cash flow increase or decrease Economic value increase or decrease Stock price increase or decrease What will happen to stock prices ? Under Classical (Mechanistic) hypothesis it will go
  Under Efficient market hypothesis it will go
  Under Positive approach hypothesis it will go
  5 Empirical research 526 November 2007 25 Abbott Labs' Q1 EPS a penny ahead April 8, 2004 NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Abbott (ABT: news, chart, profile) said first-quarter net income was $823 million, or 57 cents per share, up from $801 million, or 51 cents per share, earned in the same period last year, on a 13.9 percent increase in sales. The Abbott Park, Ill.-based manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and medical products saw its quarterly profit beat the average forecast of 56 cents per share in a survey of analysts by Thomson First Call. The company also reiterated its 2004 projected profit range of $2.40 to $2.48 per share. For the second quarter, Abbott's earnings target is 57 to 59 cents per share, analysts in the First Call survey are looking for 59 cents. Abbott's shares fell 44 cents to end at $42.75 on Wednesday. 26 Abbott shares fall after downgrade April 12, 2004: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - Shares of the Abbott Park, Ill.- based firm fell $1.07, or 3 percent, to $41.25 in midday trading. J.P. Morgan analyst Michael Weinstein cut Abbott (ABT: news, chart, profile) to "underweight" from "neutral," citing the competition Abbott's Biaxin drug will face from generics beginning in May 2005 27 Anomalies Accounting information based excess returns with: Low P/E firms Low P/B firms Smaller firms Super analysts: Briloff, Schilit Post announcement drift 28 Recent developments R-squared between earnings and stock returns low. Why? (page 176) 1 Poor specification of the empirical model; (Empirical researchers are in error) 2 Firms may be faithfully applying GAAP but the resulting earnings are anticipated by the market with access to superior information; (Poor results follow from the historical nature of GAAP) 3 Reported earnings may be unreliable indicators of firm performance because of deliberate misapplication of GAAP; (Preparers of accounts are in error) 4. Firms may be faithfully applying GAAP but the market fails to respond rationally to the information; 29 Positive Accounting Theory Accounting numbers are used in numerous contracts. Why ? For contracts these are only “audited” numbers around. Economic consequences of accounting or Contracting theory Will explain reported numbers. Asymmetric information and incentives of managers play large roles in choice of accounting methods and in the reporting numbers 30 Bonus plan hypothesis Management “hired” by stockholders Incentive contracts use either: Stock returns or Accounting numbers Management “manages” earnings to receive higher compensation. - when reaching limits in contracts. They may not always go for higher earnings or book values. 5 Empirical research 626 November 2007 31 Debt covenants Lenders put restrictions on - dividends, stock repurchases, senior debt. Certain ratios have to be maintained. Common ratios: Equity / debt Times interest earned Book value of total assets. Always go for higher earnings or book values 32 Political cost hypothesis Accounting numbers invite regulation or government scrutiny - obscene profits (oil & drug companies) - cable TV companies - tax authorities - utilities Go for lower earnings or book values (higher?) 33 Accounting Methods Choice of “liberal” accounting methods depend on factors like bonus plans, debt ratios, size , industry concentration and capital intensity. Inventory: FIFO Depreciation: Straight-line Pension: Higher rate for assets 34 Back to the future Fundamental analysis on the upswing (Graham and Dodd, Warren Buffet) Modern research and fund management tools use many accounting and other variables to find “mispriced” firms. 35 Earnings Take Spotlight, Apr 9, 04 Dow components due to post earnings next week are Intel Corp. (NasdaqNM:INTC - News), Johnson & Johnson Inc. (NYSE:JNJ - News), McDonald's Corp. (NYSE:MCD - News), International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - News) and Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C - News). Other heavyweights reporting results include Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MER - News), Texas Instruments Inc. (NYSE:TXN - News), and PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE:PEP - News). For the first quarter, analysts have pegged earnings growth over last year of 17 percent, according to market research firm Thomson First Call (News - Websites) . Though that is slightly below the previous quarter's sizzling 28 percent growth rate, it's still relatively strong. 36 'Alamo' Bomb Pressures Disney Apr 12, 04: The Alamo lasted 13 days before Mexican troops overwhelmed it, but a dismal three-day debut was enough for many observers to label Walt Disney Co.'s $100 million "The Alamo" film a bomb The movie about the men behind the battle of Texas independence from Mexico took in an estimated $9.2 million in its opening weekend, easily and embarrassingly topped by … 5 Empirical research 726 November 2007 37 Disney – 4/12/04 38 GE First-Quarter Earnings Rise 8% Thursday April 8, 2004 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- General Electric Co.'s earnings rose 8 percent in the first quarter, matching analysts' expectations as nine of its 11 businesses reported double-digit profit gains. The huge industrial, media and financial services conglomerate said Thursday it earned $3.2 billion, or 32 cents a share, for the January-March period, up from $3 billion, or 30 cents per share, a year ago. Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call expected a profit of 32 cents a share. The Fairfield-based company said an accounting change had depressed its earnings a year ago, and its latest profit was up 1 percent from 2003 results before the change. Immelt also cited the decision announced Tuesday by Boeing that GE and Rolls Royce PLC will supply the engines for its planned new 7E7 Dreamliner airplane. The deal could be worth as much as $40 billion over 25 years. In trading on the New York Stock Exchange, GE shares were up 1 cent to close at $31.41. 39 GE 40 Microsoft – 14415 - Dividend 41 Microsoft – 14415 - Dividend Last Trade:27.39Trade Time:4:00PM ETChange: 0.50 (1.86%) Prev Close:29.97Open:27.35Bid:27.34 x 1100Ask:27.35 x 11001y Target Est:33.06 Day's Range:27.20 - 27.5052wk Range:24.01 - 30.20 Volume:104,733,712Avg Vol (3m):61,540,136 Market Cap:297.77 BP/E (ttm):36.86 EPS (ttm):0.743 Div & Yield:0.32 (1.19%) 42 Merck Vioxx Withdrawal Shakes Up Sector Thursday September 30, 4:41 pm ET NEW YORK (AP) -- Merck & Co.'s announcement Thursday it was pulling arthritis drug Vioxx off the market worldwide for safety reasons dragged the company's stock down and most drug maker stocks with it. Shares of Merck closed down $12.07, or nearly 27 percent, to $33 on the New York Stock Exchange. Merck's only direct competitor, drug giant Pfizer Inc., was one of the few drug companies up on the news. Shares of Pfizer closed up 42 cents, or 1.4 percent, to $30.60 on the NYSE. Last Trade: 27.13 52wk Range:25.60 - 49.33 Avg Vol (3m):19,250,727 Market Cap:60.16 P/E (ttm):9.91 EPS (ttm):2.737 Div & Yield:1.52 (5.60%)