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Downside risk and profitability ratios: The case of the New York Stock Exchange

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This article analyses the relationship between the volatility and sensitivity measures determined based on accounting profitability ratios and those calculated based on rates of return of public corporations from DJIA. The study employed downside and symmetric risk measures. The average accounting profitability and mean rate of returns on NYSE have also been compared. An additional goal was to present a classification of selected risk measures divided into accounting and market ones. This study examined the profitability and risk of the largest companies listed on the NYSE. The risk measurement was performed with the measures based on information from financial statements as well as measures whose calculation was based on the market share prices. The total risk was considered in the context of variance (standard deviation) and semi-variance (semi-deviation). The downside systematic risk was measured with the modified Bawa-Lindenberg and Harlow-Rao formulas. These formulas were also implemented to determine the downside accounting betas. The empirical studies helped to identify a positive correlation between the mean quarterly profitability ratios (ROA and ROE) and the mean quarterly return rates in the largest NYSE companies. The correlations between the market and accounting betas calculated using the Bawa-Lindenberg modified formula were positive and statistically significant. A positive and statistically positive correlation between the market and accounting measures was also found for the total downside risk. Moreover, it has been shown that for both total and systematic market risk measures their accounting equivalents can be used. The accounting risk measures may be a valuable supplement to market measures. Of particular importance in this context are the downside accounting beta coefficients. The downside accounting betas are a new group of risk measures, and research into their use in risk analysis and in asset pricing is in its early stages.

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  • Rutkowska-Ziarko, Anna, 2023. "Downside risk and profitability ratios: The case of the New York Stock Exchange," The North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Elsevier, vol. 68(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecofin:v:68:y:2023:i:c:s106294082300116x
    DOI: 10.1016/j.najef.2023.101993
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    Keywords

    Accounting beta; Downside risk; Profitability ratios; CAPM; Semi-variance; NYSE;
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    JEL classification:

    • G11 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Portfolio Choice; Investment Decisions
    • G12 - Financial Economics - - General Financial Markets - - - Asset Pricing; Trading Volume; Bond Interest Rates
    • G32 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Financing Policy; Financial Risk and Risk Management; Capital and Ownership Structure; Value of Firms; Goodwill

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