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Is Silence Golden? An Empirical Analysis of Firms that Stop Giving Quarterly Earnings GuidanceShuping ChenUniversity of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business Dawn A. MatsumotoUniversity of Washington - Department of Accounting Shivaram RajgopalEmory University - Goizueta Business School October 2006 Abstract: We investigate a sample of 96 firms that publicly renounced quarterly EPS guidance in the post-FD period (10/2000 to 1/2006). We find that stoppers have poor trailing stock return performance and lower institutional ownership. We document an average -4.8% three-day return around the announcement to stop guidance and this reaction is associated with poor future performance. After the elimination of guidance, stock prices lead earnings less but there is no change in overall stock return volatility or analyst following. However, analyst forecast dispersion increases and forecast accuracy decreases following firms' decision to stop guiding, despite increased disclosures made in earnings press releases.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 57 Keywords: Earnings guidance, stop guidance, cost of capital JEL Classification: A10, D21, D80, G14, K40, K41, M10, M20, M41 working papers seriesDate posted: October 13, 2005Suggested CitationContact Information
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