Analyst Tipping: Additional Evidence
Publication Date
5-20-2011
Abstract
We examine whether analysts tip investors during investor conferences. We find that conference-day abnormal returns of a presenting company are about 0.6% higher when the conference is hosted by an analyst who will initiate coverage with a Buy recommendation than when the conference is hosted by non-initiating analysts. Furthermore, conference-day abnormal returns of the presenting company amount to half of the price run-up during the twenty trading days prior to the Buy initiation. Finally, there is a statistically and economically significant price run-up prior to a Sell initiation (by about -0.7%) when the analyst who will initiate coverage with a Sell recommendation hosts a conference but does not invite the company to present. Our findings collectively suggest that analysts, rather than companies, tip select investors about upcoming initiations during conferences.
Document Type
Article
Keywords
information leakage, equity analysts, investor conferences
Disciplines
Accounting
DOI
10.2139/ssrn.1845812
Source
SMU Cox: Accounting (Topic)
Language
English
