Market Reaction to Non-GAAP Earnings Around SEC Regulation

Download or read book Market Reaction to Non-GAAP Earnings Around SEC Regulation written by David Bond and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the impact of Regulation G in 2003 and the issuance of Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (C&DIs) in 2010 - on the reporting of non-GAAP earnings. The study finds that (i) both Regulation G and C&DIs are associated with an increase in the quality of non-GAAP earnings exclusions (i.e. the exclusions are more transitory and have less predictive power for future operating earnings); (ii) Regulation G led to a decrease in the amount of total positive exclusions used to meet or beat analysts' forecasts, but C&DIs partially reversed this result; and (iii) Regulation G increases, and C&DIs decrease, the earnings response coefficients (ERCs).