The Puzzle of Frequent and Large Issues of Debt and Equity

Autor: Jay R. Ritter, Rongbing Huang
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis. 57:170-206
ISSN: 1756-6916
0022-1090
DOI: 10.1017/s0022109021000636
Popis: More frequent, larger, and more recent debt and equity issues in the prior 3 fiscal years are followed by lower stock returns in the subsequent year. The intercept of a q-factor calendar-time regression for the value-weighted (VW) portfolio of firms with at least 3 large issues is −0.63% per month (t-stat. = −4.31). Purging the factor returns of recent issuers increases the magnitude of the estimated underperformance following frequent equity issues. A VW Fama–MacBeth regression shows that firms with 3 equity issues underperform nonissuers by 0.65% per month (t-stat. = −2.65). Earnings announcement returns are low following frequent issues, especially equity issues.
Databáze: OpenAIRE