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Company Characteristics and Common Stock Returns: The Indian Experience

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  • M Kumar
  • S Sehgal

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The paper examines the relationship between selected company characteristics and common stock returns. The empirical results suggest that there is a strong size effect in the Indian stock market using both market-based as well as non-market based measures of company size. We also detect a weak value effect on stock returns, especially when E/P ratio is employed as a relative distress proxy. The study further finds that the present stock classification system in India fails to differentiate in returns on different categories of stocks. We recommend an alternative stock classification system based on company size and relative distress. The proposed classification procedure will provide better insights to investors about the risk-return characteristics of common stocks.

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  • M Kumar & S Sehgal, 2004. "Company Characteristics and Common Stock Returns: The Indian Experience," Vision, , vol. 8(2), pages 33-45, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:vision:v:8:y:2004:i:2:p:33-45
    DOI: 10.1177/097226290400800204
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    1. Basu, Sanjoy, 1983. "The relationship between earnings' yield, market value and return for NYSE common stocks : Further evidence," Journal of Financial Economics, Elsevier, vol. 12(1), pages 129-156, June.
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    2. Asheesh Pandey & Sanjay Sehgal, 2016. "Explaining Size Effect for Indian Stock Market," Asia-Pacific Financial Markets, Springer;Japanese Association of Financial Economics and Engineering, vol. 23(1), pages 45-68, March.

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