darioush foroughi; Hadi Amiri; Seyed Mohammad Alsharef
Abstract
The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of accruals on future assets’ returns and future stocks returns. Due to their estimating nature, accruals are less stable relative to cash flows; therefore, they are more influential on returns; however, financial distress may increase or ...
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The purpose of the study is to investigate the influence of accruals on future assets’ returns and future stocks returns. Due to their estimating nature, accruals are less stable relative to cash flows; therefore, they are more influential on returns; however, financial distress may increase or decrease the influence of accruals on future returns. The study sample includes 117 companies incorporated in Tehran Stock Exchange between 2006 and 2015. The findings of this study reveal that the influence of accruals on the future returns of assets in the companies suffering financial distress is less which is owing to more persistency of the accruals (much real estimations) in the companies struggling with financial distress. Furthermore, the influence of accruals on the future returns of the stocks in the companies suffering financial distress is less which is due to less abnormality of accruals (less mispricing) in companies suffering financial distress compared to companies with non-financial distress. Key words: Financial Distress, Abnormality of Accruals, Persistence Argument, Assets Returns, Stock Returns.
