Search results for "Seasoned equity offering"
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Equity Issues in the Spanish Stock Market: Windows of Opportunity, Earnings Management or Market Timing?
2005
We investigate whether the market sentiment and/or the specific operating performance of firms that conducted an equity issue on the Spanish stock market during the period 1993-2000 are related to the long-run stock-return underperformance in the year following the issue of small and medium firms. Our results reveal that equity issues were conducted by large firms just when the market showed optimistic expectations towards large firms in general. This overoptimism towards large issue firms was related to the 1990s technology boom in the case of initial public offerings (IPO), but we detect earnings management by large firms that conducted a seasoned equity offering (SEO). In this context, s…
COMPORTAMIENTO A LARGO PLAZO DE LAS OFERTAS PÚBLICAS DE VENTA SUBSIGUIENTES EN EL MERCADO ESPAÑOL
2002
This research investigates the long¿run after¿performance of firms conducting seasoned equity offering in the Spanish market during the period 1993¿1999. Due to statistical and conceptual problems related to the estimation and contrast of long¿horizon returns, we analyse the robustness of results to different methodologies. We obtain evidence that issuers experience negative abnormal returns economically and statistically significant during the year after the event. These results are robust to different metrics, estimations and tests used. Finally, underperformance is more severe in small, growth firms. En este trabajo estudiamos si las empresas cotizadas que realizan un oferta pública de v…