Earnings-based and accrual-based market anomalies: one effect or two?

This paper investigates whether the accrual pricing anomaly documented by Sloan (1996. The Accounting Review 71(3), 289–316) for annual data holds for quarterly data and whether this form of market mispricing is distinct from the post-earnings announcement drift anomaly. We find that the market appe...

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Published inJournal of accounting & economics Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 101 - 123
Main Authors Collins, Daniel W, Hribar, Paul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.02.2000
Elsevier
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
SeriesJournal of Accounting and Economics
Subjects
Accrual basis accounting
Accruals
Earnings
Market efficiency
Post-earnings announcement drift
Statistical analysis
Stock prices
Studies
United States > US
Market efficiency
G14
M41
Post-earnings announcement drift
Accruals
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Summary:This paper investigates whether the accrual pricing anomaly documented by Sloan (1996. The Accounting Review 71(3), 289–316) for annual data holds for quarterly data and whether this form of market mispricing is distinct from the post-earnings announcement drift anomaly. We find that the market appears to overestimate the persistence of the accrual component of quarterly earnings and, therefore, tends to overprice accruals. Moreover, the accrual mispricing appears to be distinct from post-earnings announcement drift. A hedge portfolio trading strategy that exploits both forms of market mispricing generates abnormal returns in excess of those based on either unexpected earnings or accruals information alone.
ISSN:0165-4101
1879-1980
DOI:10.1016/S0165-4101(00)00015-X