作者:Hopkins, PE
作者单位:Stanford University; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
作者:Francis, J; Schipper, K; Vincent, L
作者单位:Duke University; Northwestern University
摘要:We analyze the ability of earnings and non-earnings performance metrics to explain the variability in annual stock returns for industries where we identify, ex ante, an allegedly preferred (for valuation purposes) summary performance metric. We identify three industries where earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) and cash from operations (CFO) are preferred, and three industries where specific non-GAAP performance metrics are preferred. As a benchmark, we als...