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and magnitude of accruals. Finally, we find a significant market reaction to analysts' cash flow forecast revisions …
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) we show in a practical manner that models converge to the same results based on real data of analysts forecast consensus …
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forecast properties. The evidence shows that analysts' earnings forecast accuracy is higher and the forecast dispersion is … higher forecast accuracy and less forecast dispersion in the non-Big Five auditor sample but not in the Big Five auditor …
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We provide new evidence about how analysts incorporate and improve on management ETR forecasts. Quarterly ETR reporting under the integral method provides mandatory point-estimate forecasts by management, but firms must record certain “discrete” tax items fully in the quarter they occur,...
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forecast properties. The evidence shows that analysts' earnings forecast accuracy is higher and the forecast dispersion is … higher forecast accuracy and less forecast dispersion in the non-Big Five auditor sample but not in the Big Five auditor …
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assessment is relative to extrapolative time-series models of earnings forecasts. The paper's results show that the forecast … on extrapolative models' forecast errors is stronger than on analysts'. This finding is consistent with analysts' better … ability relative to extrapolative models to forecast the earnings of intangible firms, and with analysts' ability to process …
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forecast revisions in an effort to diminish the negative impact on themselves of releasing bad (i.e. negative or downward) news … in their earnings forecast revisions. Our results suggest that analyst decisions to issue cash flow forecasts are akin to …
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Sell-side analysts have been the subject of hundreds of academic studies. In this paper, I offer perspectives on the state of our understanding of analysts based on prior academic research. Additionally, several observations are offered, which question how descriptive certain widely held beliefs...
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the industry level. The two have comparable abilities to forecast earnings for firms with revenues or earnings that are …
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superior methods. Therefore, we argue that in order to improve forecast accuracy, analysts need to assess company value by …
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