Abstract
Using event study methodology and regression analysis method, this study had examined quarterly earning announcement and its impact on the stock returns. The earning announcements were divided in to three groups: (1) Good news (quarterly positive earnings announcement), (2) No news (quarterly neutral earnings announcement) and (3) Bad news (quarterly negative earnings announcement). The study result confirmed that both the good news and the bad news had a strong impact which is significant statistically on the share returns. While no news did not show any impact which is significant statistically. The study is in line with the information content hypothesis, as the good news (bad news) event announcement had impacted to the abnormal returns positively (negatively) and significant statistically. The study also found a positive and statistically significant relationship between quarterly earnings and stock price.
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