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Did Earnings Management Contribute To The Overvaluation Of Enron’S Stock?

In: Advances in Financial Economics

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  • John D Martin
  • Akin Sayrak

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This paper asks whether market fundamentals can explain the run-up and collapse of Enron’s stock price and price-earnings ratio. We use a variant of the discounted cash flow model proposed by Miller and Modigliani (1961) to show that the growth rates implied by the stock’s valuation have rarely been achieved in recorded business history. We also provide evidence of earnings management by the company that may have contributed to extravagant investor expectations of earnings growth. Between 1990 and 2000 the firm’s reported earnings met or exceeded analysts’ earnings forecasts 77% of the time. Furthermore, beginning in 1997 Enron used asset sales (often to related parties) to generate as much as 83% of its annual earnings.

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  • John D Martin & Akin Sayrak, 2003. "Did Earnings Management Contribute To The Overvaluation Of Enron’S Stock?," Advances in Financial Economics, in: Advances in Financial Economics, pages 127-145, Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:afeczz:s1569-3732(03)08006-x
    DOI: 10.1016/S1569-3732(03)08006-X
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