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- Title
Does firm life cycle stage affect investor perceptions? Evidence from earnings announcement reactions.
- Authors
Fodor, Andy; Lovelace, Kelley Bergsma; Singal, Vijay; Tayal, Jitendra
- Abstract
This paper argues that firms in certain life cycle stages may be more subjectively valued by individual investors, leading to an optimistic bias in stock prices that is subsequently corrected upon the release of earnings news. Using a cash flow-based life cycle stage classification, introduction and decline stage companies exhibit three-day cumulative abnormal returns (CARs) around earnings announcements that are at least 112 bps lower than firms in growth, maturity, and shake-out stages. Specifically, introduction and decline stage stocks exhibit less positive reactions to positive earnings surprises and more negative reactions to negative earnings surprises relative to companies in other life cycle stages. Lottery stocks' excess returns around earnings announcements (Liu et al. in Journal of Financial Economics 138: 789–817, 2020) also vary based on firm life cycle stage. Our findings suggest that individual investors' optimistic expectations for introduction and decline stage stocks are met with disappointment when value-relevant earnings news is released. This study demonstrates that firm life cycle stage has real implications for stock price reactions to earnings announcements.
- Subjects
LIFE cycles (Biology); EARNINGS announcements; FINANCIAL economics; ABNORMAL returns; INDIVIDUAL investors; STOCK prices; LIFE cycle costing
- Publication
Review of Accounting Studies, 2024, Vol 29, Issue 2, p1039
- ISSN
1380-6653
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11142-022-09749-2