Co-movement of Price and Intrinsic Value - Does Accounting Information Matter?

57 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2021 Last revised: 1 Feb 2023

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Oliver Mehring

Paderborn University; TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency

Per Olsson

ESMT European School of Management and Technology

Soenke Sievers

TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency; Paderborn University

Christian Sofilkanitsch

Nazarbayev University - Graduate School of Business; Paderborn University; TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency

Date Written: August 19, 2022

Abstract

We investigate the co-movement of stock prices and intrinsic value estimates focusing on the estimation of risk. We apply risk measurements based on a) market and b) accounting data. We find that price and value co-move from 1983 to 2014 on an index-level using accounting-based risk measurement in contrast to the market-based risk measurement. Our findings have two vital implications. First, the lack of co-movement documented in prior research can alternatively be explained by the applied valuation model (market vs. accounting), rather than investors trading behavior (e.g., speculation). Second this result provides strong empirical evidence that accounting information is useful for equity investors. Finally, we analyze the role of accounting conservatism regarding co-movement. We document that on an index level conservative reporting harms the co-movement of price and value. However, conditioning on a co-movement of price and value, more conservatism is helpful for moving prices back to fundamentals.

Keywords: fundamental analysis; co-movement; risk measurement; accounting beta

JEL Classification: C32; G12; G14; M41

Suggested Citation

Mehring, Oliver and Olsson, Per and Sievers, Soenke and Sofilkanitsch, Christian, Co-movement of Price and Intrinsic Value - Does Accounting Information Matter? (August 19, 2022). TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency Working Paper Series No. 45, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3748644 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3748644

Oliver Mehring (Contact Author)

Paderborn University ( email )

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Per Olsson

ESMT European School of Management and Technology ( email )

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Soenke Sievers

TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency ( email )

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Paderborn, 33098
Germany

Paderborn University ( email )

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Germany

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Christian Sofilkanitsch

Nazarbayev University - Graduate School of Business ( email )

Kazakhstan

Paderborn University ( email )

Warburger Str. 100
Paderborn, 33098
Germany

TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency ( email )

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Paderborn, 33098
Germany

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