Australian On-Market Buy-backs: An Examination of Valuation Issues

Jason Mitchell (), H. Y. Izan and Roslinda Lim
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Jason Mitchell: University of Michigan Business School, U.S.A.
H. Y. Izan: University of Western Australia, Australia
Roslinda Lim: Macquarie University, Australia

Multinational Finance Journal, 2006, vol. 10, issue 1-2, 43-79

Abstract: A compelling reason for engaging in on-market buy-backs is that it provides a signal about the undervaluation of the company. In this paper an alternative, accounting based, method of determining fundamental value and undervaluation is used, namely the Ohlson residual income valuation framework. It is found that prior to the announcement buy-back companies are significantly undervalued relative to comparable non-buy-back companies. This undervaluation is largely but not totally removed in the period immediately following the on-market buy-back implying on-market buy-backs are predominantly an effective signaling mechanism. Where the firm cites undervaluation as a specific motive for the buy-back then, in fact, a higher degree of undervaluation prior to the buy-back is evident. The results provide evidence that management can, and does, identify undervaluation and reduces this through the signaling mechanism of on-market buy-backs.

Keywords: buy-backs; undervaluation; fundamental value (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G34 G35 G38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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