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Perception of negative earnings persistence and value relevance: Evidence from Zimbabwe

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  • Atanas Sixpence
  • Olufemi Patrick Adeyeye

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This paper investigates the impact of negative earnings persistence on the value relevance of earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and book values for 27 non-financial firms listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE). Negative earnings are perceived to be persistent where firms reported losses in at least 25% of the time over the eight-year study period. Two-step System GMM was used, with the average debt-equity ratio and net asset value per share being additional regression instruments. The regressions were primarily done on the ZSE full sample, and then on a profit-reporting firms’ sample. The loss-reporting firms’ sample was too small for meaningful regressions. It was found that when loss-firms were removed from the sample, value relevance of EBIT and book value declined. This means that investors are very meticulous with firms they perceive to be persistent loss-makers but tend to be complacent with profit-firms.

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  • Atanas Sixpence & Olufemi Patrick Adeyeye, 2018. "Perception of negative earnings persistence and value relevance: Evidence from Zimbabwe," Cogent Economics & Finance, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 6(1), pages 1559711-155, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:oaefxx:v:6:y:2018:i:1:p:1559711
    DOI: 10.1080/23322039.2018.1559711
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