Analyst earnings forecast under complex corporate ownership in China

Wei Huang and Brian Wright

Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money, 2015, vol. 35, issue C, 69-84

Abstract: This paper investigates stock analysts’ earnings forecasts under complex corporate ownership in China. Based on a sample of 1298 firms for years 2004–2011, our evidence suggests that state shareholding is negatively related to the quality of consensus analysts’ earnings forecasts. In particular, it is associated with stronger upward bias, and larger ‘inaccuracy’. We also show that higher percentages of tradable shares, A-shares, block tradable shareholdings, and institutional shareholdings improve forecast quality. Further robustness tests suggest block shareholding, irrespective of the shareholder type (state/tradable/institutional), is associated with lower probabilities of downward forecast revisions later in the year.

Keywords: Analyst forecast bias; Ownership structure; State shareholding; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G15 G32 M41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.intfin.2015.01.003

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