General value-relevance
| Panel A: IFRS earnings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | All firms | Positive earnings | Negative earnings |
| BPS | 0.605*** | 0.555*** | 0.704*** |
| (0.003) | (0.009) | (<0.001) | |
| EPS | 4.328*** | 4.810*** | 3.332 |
| (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (0.172) | |
| NEG | 5.825*** | ||
| (0.007) | |||
| Fixed effects: | |||
| - Firm | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| N | 2026 | 1727 | 299 |
| Within R2 | 25.4% | 25.0% | 13.2% |
| Panel A: IFRS earnings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | All firms | Positive earnings | Negative earnings |
| BPS | 0.605*** | 0.555*** | 0.704*** |
| (0.003) | (0.009) | (<0.001) | |
| EPS | 4.328*** | 4.810*** | 3.332 |
| (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (0.172) | |
| NEG | 5.825*** | ||
| (0.007) | |||
| Fixed effects: | |||
| - Firm | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2026 | 1727 | 299 | |
| Within | 25.4% | 25.0% | 13.2% |
| Panel B: Headline earnings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | All firms | Positive earnings | Negative earnings |
| BPS | 0.361 | 0.296 | 0.289*** |
| (0.131) | (0.209) | (0.004) | |
| HEPS | 6.544*** | 7.047*** | 8.786*** |
| (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (0.003) | |
| APS | 0.658 | 0.768 | 0.382 |
| (0.550) | (0.480) | (0.836) | |
| NEG | 4.013* | ||
| (0.094) | |||
| Fixed effects: | |||
| - Firm | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| N | 2026 | 1727 | 299 |
| Within R2 | 31.6% | 30.8% | 53.1% |
| Variable | All firms | Positive earnings | Negative earnings |
|---|---|---|---|
| BPS | 0.361 | 0.296 | 0.289*** |
| (0.131) | (0.209) | (0.004) | |
| HEPS | 6.544*** | 7.047*** | 8.786*** |
| (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (0.003) | |
| APS | 0.658 | 0.768 | 0.382 |
| (0.550) | (0.480) | (0.836) | |
| NEG | 4.013* | ||
| (0.094) | |||
| Fixed effects: | |||
| - Firm | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| - Year | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2026 | 1727 | 299 | |
| Within | 31.6% | 30.8% | 53.1% |
| Panel C: relative value-relevance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | All firms | Positive earnings | Negative earnings |
| Vuong test between Panel A and Panel B as above | −3.828*** | −3.665*** | −1.456 |
| (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (0.147) | |
| Vuong test between Panel A and Panel B when the models only include EPS and HEPS (i.e. APS is omitted from the second model) | −3.826*** | −3.655*** | −1.432 |
| (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (0.153) | |
| Panel C: relative value-relevance | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Description | All firms | Positive earnings | Negative earnings |
| Vuong test between Panel A and Panel B as above | −3.828*** | −3.665*** | −1.456 |
| (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (0.147) | |
| Vuong test between Panel A and Panel B when the models only include EPS and HEPS (i.e. APS is omitted from the second model) | −3.826*** | −3.655*** | −1.432 |
| (<0.001) | (<0.001) | (0.153) | |
Note(s): The dependent variable for all models is p. Variables are defined in the Appendix. For multivariate regression results, two-tailed p-values based on robust standard errors clustered by firm and year (Petersen, 2009; Cameron et al., 2011) are reported in brackets, with a correction where the covariance matrix is not positive semi-definite. ***, ** and * denote significance at the 1%, 5% and 10% levels respectively. The Vuong test (Vuong, 1989) is directional, so that a negative test statistic indicates that the second model is superior to the first
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