The Japanese Accounting Review
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Information Content of Analysts' Stock Ratings and Earnings Forecasts in the Presence of Management Earnings Forecasts
Koji Ota
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2012 Volume 2 Issue 2012 Pages 87-116

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This paper evaluates the informativeness of analysts' ratings and earnings forecast information contained in analyst reports beyond what is publicly provided by management earnings forecasts. Using only analyst reports that have been released practically simultaneously with management forecasts, I find that both analysts' ratings and earnings forecasts have incremental information content conditional on management forecasts. Further analysis also reveals that analysts' earnings forecasts are significantly more accurate than concurrently-announced management earnings forecasts. Overall, the findings in this paper present strong evidence that analysts offer informational value to the market beyond information that is provided by company management.

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© 2012 Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration - Kobe University
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