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Earnings Announcement Disclosures and Changes in Analysts' Information

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  • Orie E. Barron
  • Donal Byard
  • Yong Yu

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This study examines how financial disclosures with earnings announcements affect sell†side analysts' information about future earnings, focusing on disclosures of financial statements and management earnings forecasts. We find that disclosures of balance sheets and segment data are associated with an increase in the degree to which analysts' forecasts of upcoming quarterly earnings are based on private information. Further analyses show that balance sheet disclosures are associated with an increase in the precision of both analysts' common and private information, segment disclosures are associated with an increase in analysts' private information, and management earnings forecast disclosures are associated with an increase in analysts' common information. These results are consistent with analysts processing balance sheet and segment disclosures into new private information regarding near†term earnings. Additional analysis of conference calls shows that balance sheet, segment, and management earnings forecast disclosures are all associated with more discussion related to these items in the questions†and†answers section of conference calls, consistent with analysts playing an information interpretation role with respect to these disclosures.Les auteurs se demandent comment l'information financière livrée dans les communiqués sur les résultats influe sur l'information produite par les analystes de maisons de courtage en ce qui a trait aux résultats futurs, en s'intéressant plus particulièrement aux renseignements contenus dans les états financiers et les prévisions de résultats de la direction. Les auteurs constatent que les renseignements que contiennent les bilans et les données sectorielles sont associés à une augmentation de la mesure dans laquelle les prévisions des analystes quant aux résultats trimestriels à venir s'appuient sur de l'information privilégiée. Des analyses plus poussées révèlent que les renseignements contenus dans les bilans sont associés à une augmentation de la précision de l'information tant commune et que privilégiée dont disposent les analystes, que les renseignements sectoriels sont associés à une augmentation de l'information privilégiée dont disposent les analystes, et que l'information relative aux prévisions de résultats de la direction est associée à une augmentation de l'information commune dont disposent les analystes. Ces résultats confirment que les analystes transforment l'information contenue dans les bilans et l'information sectorielle en nouvelle information privilégiée relative aux résultats à court terme. Une analyse supplémentaire des conférences téléphoniques révèle que l'information contenue dans les bilans, l'information sectorielle et les prévisions de résultats de la direction sont toutes associées à de plus amples discussions de ces éléments dans la portion des conférences téléphoniques consacrée aux questions et réponses, ce qui confirme que les analystes jouent un rôle d'interprétation de l'information relativement à ces informations.

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  • Orie E. Barron & Donal Byard & Yong Yu, 2017. "Earnings Announcement Disclosures and Changes in Analysts' Information," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 34(1), pages 343-373, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:34:y:2017:i:1:p:343-373
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12275
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    1. Chao‐Jung Chen & Wen He & Chien‐Ju Lu & Xin Yu, 2022. "Bank loan covenants, accrual quality and firms’ information environment," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 62(1), pages 547-575, March.
    2. Siu Kai Choy & Hua Zhang, 2019. "Public news announcements, short-sale restriction and informational efficiency," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 52(1), pages 197-229, January.
    3. Hongwen Han & Jiali Jenna Tang & Qingquan Tang, 2021. "Goodwill Impairment, Securities Analysts, and Information Transparency," European Accounting Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 30(4), pages 767-799, August.

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