find that (1) analyst earnings forecast errors are smaller, and (2) the magnitude of disagreement between individual … forecasts and the average forecast is lower for firms that provide SLG, beyond the effect of group-level guidance. The results …

measure which decomposes the total diversification into an unrelated and a related component. For the consensus forecast … analyst and analyst diversification on individual analyst forecast accuracy. We develop a new measure of individual analyst … company's related diversification has no significant impact on these variables. For both forecast accuracy and inter …

better understand how financial analysts forecast earnings. We focus on forecasts for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs … regression analysis finds that the severity of the pandemic increases analysts' forecast error and dispersion. Government … forecast error rises by more, for REITs, when focusing on Hospitality and Industrial properties, and dispersion rises by more …

We investigate the association between corporate international diversification and the accuracy and bias of consensus … analysts' earnings forecasts. We find that greater corporate international diversification is associated with less accurate and … more optimistic forecasts. Our results suggest that international diversification reflects unique dimensions of forecasting …