Star Firms, Information Externalities, and Predictability

60 Pages Posted: 3 Jan 2023 Last revised: 13 Mar 2023

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Vidhi Chhaochharia

University of Miami - Department of Finance

Alok Kumar

University of Miami - Miami Herbert Business School

Mehrshad Motahari

Bayes Business School (formerly Cass); University of Cambridge - Judge Business School

Ville Rantala

University of Miami - Department of Finance

Date Written: March 12, 2023

Abstract

We study information externalities of industry “star firms” (Gutiérrez and Philippon, 2019). Our results indicate that earnings shocks to star firms contain useful information about the future earnings surprises and job postings of other same-industry nonstar firms. This information is not fully reflected in analyst forecasts and stock prices, which generates lead-lag effects and predictability in returns. A Long-Short industry portfolio strategy based on earnings shocks to star firms earns an annualized six-factor alpha of 8.64%. Further, we find evidence of anomaly spillovers between star and nonstar firms. Together, these findings provide valuation-based evidence of economic importance of star firms.

Keywords: Star firms, sell-side equity analysts, earnings predictability, return comovement, return predictability, anomalies.

JEL Classification: G12, G14, G24.

Suggested Citation

Chhaochharia, Vidhi and Kumar, Alok and Motahari, Mehrshad and Rantala, Ville, Star Firms, Information Externalities, and Predictability (March 12, 2023). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4314318 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4314318

Vidhi Chhaochharia

University of Miami - Department of Finance ( email )

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Alok Kumar (Contact Author)

University of Miami - Miami Herbert Business School ( email )

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Mehrshad Motahari

Bayes Business School (formerly Cass) ( email )

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University of Cambridge - Judge Business School ( email )

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United Kingdom

Ville Rantala

University of Miami - Department of Finance ( email )

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Coral Gables, FL 33124-6552
United States

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