Glamour Brands and Glamour Stocks

45 Pages Posted: 17 Mar 2010 Last revised: 13 May 2014

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Matthew T. Billett

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Finance

Zhan Jiang

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF)

Lopo Rego

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Marketing

Date Written: April 10, 2012

Abstract

We explore the influence of customer perceptions from the product market on firms’ return characteristics in the stock market. Using a unique dataset containing customers’ opinions on over 1,200 brands, we find that stocks of companies with prestigious brands have large negative loadings on the Fama-French HML factor. This relation holds after controlling for risk explanations of HML (distress risk and asset irreversibility/growth). This relation, however, does not persist over time: it appears (dissipates) when overall market-wide investor sentiment is high (low); it attenuates as the brand becomes well-known; it varies as customer perceptions vary over time; and it diminishes as institutional holdings increase. Overall we conclude that glamour in the product market appears to partially drive glamour in the stock market.

Keywords: Glamour, Brand equity, HML factor

JEL Classification: G12, G14

Suggested Citation

Billett, Matthew T. and Jiang, Zhan and Rego, Lopo L., Glamour Brands and Glamour Stocks (April 10, 2012). AFA 2011 Denver Meetings Paper, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1571491 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1571491

Matthew T. Billett

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Zhan Jiang (Contact Author)

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) - Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance (SAIF) ( email )

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Lopo L. Rego

Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Marketing ( email )

Kelley School of Business
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United States
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