Institutional Investors and Stock Return Anomalies

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Roger M. Edelen

Virginia Tech

Ozgur Ince

University of South Carolina - Moore School of Business

Gregory B. Kadlec

Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business

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Date Written: May 4, 2014

Abstract

We examine institutional investor demand for stocks that are categorized as mispriced according to twelve well-known pricing anomalies. We find that institutional demand during the year prior to anomaly portfolio formation is typically on the wrong side of the anomalies’ implied mispricing. That is, we find increases in institutional ownership for overvalued stocks and decreases in institutional ownership for undervalued stocks. Moreover, abnormal returns for all twelve anomalies are concentrated almost entirely in stocks with institutional demand on the wrong side. We consider several competing explanations for these puzzling results.

Keywords: Anomalies, Institutional Investors, Market Efficiency

JEL Classification: G10, G20, G12

Suggested Citation

Edelen, Roger M. and Ince, Ozgur S. and Kadlec, Gregory B., Institutional Investors and Stock Return Anomalies (May 4, 2014). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2359744 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2359744

Roger M. Edelen

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Gregory B. Kadlec

Virginia Tech - Pamplin College of Business ( email )

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