Loss Firms and Analysts' Earnings Forecast Errors

An examination of analysts' accuracy in predicting annual earnings for firms reporting losses and firms reporting profits finds that analysts are ten times more accurate in predicting the earnings of profit firms. They have also improved their predictive ability for profit firms since the mid-1980s. The sample includes eighteen years of coverage by IBES and Compustat analysts

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Year of publication:	2016
Authors:	Hwang, Lee-Seok
Other Persons:	Jan, Ching-Lih (contributor) ; Basu, Sudipta (contributor)
Publisher:	[2016]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Finanzanalyse \| Financial analysis \| Prognose \| Forecast \| Gewinn \| Profit \| Statistischer Fehler \| Statistical error \| Prognoseverfahren \| Forecasting model \| Verlust \| Loss

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Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (13 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: The Journal of Financial Statement Analysis, Vol. 1 No. 2 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments Winter 1996 erstellt
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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