scholarly journals Determinants of payout policy and investment attractiveness of companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

Equilibrium ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 675-691 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Pieloch-Babiarz
Keyword(s):  
Capital Investment ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Payout Policy ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Final Conclusion ◽  
Share Repurchase ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Behavioral Determinants ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange

Research background: Making decisions concerning the payout policy depends on many diversified neoclassical and behavioral determinants. Although these factors are well-described in the literature, there is still a research gap concerning the lack of a comprehensive impact model of payout policy determinants on the investment attractiveness of shares. Purpose of the article: The aim of this paper is to present the diverse nature of the relation-ship between different forms of cash transfer to the shareholders and in-vestments attrac-tiveness of public companies in the context of various determinants of payout policy. The possibility of achieving this objective was conditioned by the empirical verification of research hypothesis stating that the diversify of payout forms is accompanied by the different determinants of payout policy that condition an effective investment of stock investors’ capital. Methods: The empirical research was conducted among the electromechanical companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in the years 2006-2015. The data for analysis were obtained from Notoria Service database and Stock Exchange Yearbooks. The calculations were carried out using the methodology of taxonomic measure of investment attractiveness, as well as dividend premium and share repurchase premium. Findings & Value added: The final conclusion of our research is that the companies con-ducting the payout policy in different forms of cash transfer differ in terms of many charac-teristics, such as: financial standing, market value, ownership structure, company’s size and age. Moreover, their investment attractiveness differs according to regularity of payment, stock exchange situation and shareholders’ preferences. The value added of this paper is a new approach to the evaluation of capital investment with a special emphasis on the determinants of payout policy.

scholarly journals Managerial ownership and catering to investor sentiment for dividends: evidence from the electromechanical industry sector on the Warsaw Stock Exchange

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 467-483
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Pieloch-Babiarz
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Pearson Correlation ◽  
Investor Sentiment ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Payout Policy ◽  
Information Criteria ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Industry Sector ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
The Impact

Research background: Dividends have been the subject of scientific research for decades. However, many aspects of payout policy are still controversial, and research provides contradictory results. One research area is the impact of the ownership structure on dividend policy. Although many scientific studies on this subject have been conducted, there is still a lack of research on the impact of managerial ownership on adjusting the dividend payout to investor sentiment. It was this research gap that motivated us to investigate the issue. Purpose of the article: The aim of the paper is to evaluate how managerial ownership affects the disposition of companies to adjust their dividend payouts to investor sentiment. Achieving that objective provides stock market investors with additional information and allows for its practical implications as they seek the best investment opportunities. Methods: The main method of investigation is a panel regression model with random effects. This model is used based on the Breusch-Pagan test and the Hausman test, while the information criteria of Akaike, Schwarz, and Hannan-Quinn are also taken into consideration. Additionally, descriptive statistics and the Pearson correlation coefficient are used. The research sample consists of Polish companies from the electromechanical industry sector that are listed on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) in the period 2009–2018. Findings & Value added: Our findings reveal that: 1) an increase in dividend premium results in a higher payout in order to cater to investor sentiment; 2) if the manager holds the greatest number of shares, the catering effect weakens. The main contribution of the paper is a new approach to the catering theory of dividends, which includes the impact of managerial ownership.

Pengaruh Intellectual Capital, Profitabilitas, Dan Leverage Terhadap Nilai Perusahaan Pada Perusahaan Sektor Properti, Real Estate, Dan Konstruksi Bangunan Yang Terdaftar Di Bursa Efek Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Haryani Chandra ◽  
Hamfri Djajadikerta
Keyword(s):  
Real Estate ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Equity Ratio

Go public companies have main purpose to increase firm value consistently. Increased firm value can reflect the increase in the prosperity of shareholders. The purpose of this research is to determine whether intellectual capital, profitability, and leverage have an influence on firm value. This research is expected to help companies to determine the focus on managing the factors those have an influence towards firm value and help investors and potential investors to make investment decisions. This research is conducted on firms listed in property, real estate, and building construction sector in Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2010 until 2015. Samples are selected by simple random sampling method. The research method used is the regression analysis. Intellectual capital is measured by value added intellectual coefficient (VAIC), profitability is measured by return on assets (ROA), leverage is measured by debt- to-equity ratio (DER), and firm value is measured by the year-end closing stock price. The results showed that intellectual capital, profitability, and leverage have partially a significant positive influence on firm value. In addition, intellectual capital, profitability, and leverage have significant influence simultaneously on firm value. Keywords: firm value, intellectual capital, leverage, profitability

Intellectual Capital Investment, Stakeholders' Value, Firm Market Value and Financial Performance: The Case of Tunisia Stock Exchange

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (02) ◽  
pp. 1350010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hedia Fourati ◽  
Habib Affes
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Market Valuation ◽  
Using Data

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of intellectual capital investment in improving the firm's market value, stakeholders' value and financial performance. Using data drawn from 21 listed companies in Tunisia Stock Exchange, we conducted two studies. On one hand, from using Charreaux (Charreaux (2006). La valeur partenariale: Vers une mesure opérationnelle. Cahier de FARGO no. 1061103, November) measure of stakeholders' value, we demonstrate that financials come to present the weakest stakeholders' value and clients monopolises in term of value acquisition due to a weak ability of negotiation of firms. On the other hand, we construct a regression model of Pulic's value added intellectual capital investment (VAIC) as the measure of the value added from intellectual capital, in market valuation and financial performance. Our results stressed the fact that there is a positive impact of intellectual capital by human capital efficiency and capital employed efficiency on improving firm's market value. Nevertheless, financial performance measured by ROA is still justified by the traditional measure relying on capital employed efficiency. Indeed for Tunisian quoted firms, human capital investment is a pilar for ameliorating firm market valuation of financial performance.

Does Warsaw Stock Exchange value corporate social responsibility?

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 611-622 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacek Lipiec
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Abnormal Returns ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Exchange Value ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
Corporate Social

Purpose This paper aims to examine the performance of corporate social responsibility (CSR) portfolio at the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses the CSR portfolio of public companies that was selected in a three-step procedure. In total, 23 companies were selected and formed a CSR portfolio that is traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange under the Respect Index. The Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) is used to compare returns of CSR companies with respect to the market. The performance of this portfolio is measured in the period from 2010 to 2012. Findings This paper finds that the CSR portfolio measured under the Respect Index outperformed market in all time periods from 2010 to 2012. In addition, in 2010, the CSR portfolio exceptionally outperformed the market by almost 80 per cent. In 2011, even though the market was down, the CSR portfolio reported lesser losses: −0.93 vs −1.73 per cent. In the following year, the market regained and the CSR portfolio again outperformed the market by 14 per cent. This paper also finds that the CSR portfolio is more sensitive to systematic risk than to specific risk. In addition, the CSR securities move according to the market trend. Research limitations/implications The limitation of this paper is attributed to a cause-and-effect relationship. In other words, it did not answer whether adopting CSR led to higher profitability or profitability reflected an awareness of market conditions that favored the adoption of CSR. The future research should focus on this issue and indicate whether investors prioritize CSR over profits or vice versa. Practical implications The results indicate that investments in CSR portfolio companies bring abnormal returns to investors. In addition, the CSR portfolio may resist market downturns and even bring exceptional profits to investors. Originality/value This study explains the CSR portfolio’s performance on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by using the CAPM.

scholarly journals The Role Of Cash Holdings, Working Capital, Dividend Payout On Capital Investment

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 419-426
Author(s):  
Andrew Chan
Keyword(s):  
Cash Flow ◽  
Firm Value ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Cash Holdings ◽  
Payout Policy ◽  
Working Capital ◽  
Dividend Payout ◽  
Investment Spending ◽  
The Relationship

An objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between firms' capital investment spending, cash holdings, and working capital in an expanding Asian financial market.  A sample of publicly traded manufacturing firms on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange was examined during the period 2005-2014. The empirical results provide strong and statistically significant evidence on the effect of cash flow on investment.  Working capital also exhibits significant relationship with capital investment spending, though the relationship is not as strong and significant as that with cash flow and cash holding.  Firms with low dividend payout policy over the sample period depended heavily on cash flow, changes in cash flow and, to a lesser extent, on working capital to finance spending on fixed plant and equipment.  These results suggest that the effect of capital investment spending financed by internal cash flow on firm value may depend on a firm's dividend payout.

scholarly journals Opportunities and threats associated with an investment in shares of innovative companies — evidence from Polish capital market

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-244
Author(s):  
Tomasz L. Nawrocki
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Average Rate ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Investment Strategy ◽  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Rate Of Return ◽  
Investment Efficiency ◽  
Arithmetic Average ◽  
Information Diversity ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange

Research background: Since the Internet bubble, which took place at the turn of XX and XXI century, on the global capital markets, including Poland, one may note a growing interest in companies focusing on innovations and innovativeness. The main driver of this interest is the belief that in a longer term innovations and expenditures on research and development will translate into an increase in competitive advantage, financial results, and subsequently also the market value of companies. On the other hand, the attention should also be paid to the fact that innovative activity has also another, darker, side, which is identified with the far-reaching uncertainty about its final effects and the possibility of incurring losses, especially in financial dimension. At the same time, it should be noted that implementation of investment strategy regarding the shares of innovative companies is quite troublesome because of the lack of unified methodology for assessing corporate innovativeness and large information diversity in this area. Purpose of the article: The investment efficiency analysis of investment strategy regarding shares of companies perceived to be innovative with simultaneous focusing on the different cases of situation development in time. Methods: The research was carried out for companies listed on the main market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange, taking into consideration various time ranges of investment. The efficiency analysis of this investment strategy was conducted in the risk-return outlay with the use of such measures as: accumulated rate of return, arithmetic average rate of return, standard and semi-standard deviation, as well as coefficients of variation and semi-variation of rate of return and their inverses. Findings & Value added: The obtained results show that in shorter periods of time, inves-tors buy expectations connected with innovative companies and therefore, the efficiency of investment in their shares is relatively high, but in the longer term expectations are revised by companies’ financial results, which in turn often negatively affects the investment efficiency.

scholarly journals Impact of foreign ownership on dividend policy in Poland

e-Finanse ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 76-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrzej Zyguła
Keyword(s):  
Dividend Policy ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Payout Policy ◽  
Order Theory ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Pecking Order ◽  
Pecking Order Theory ◽  
Foreign Investors ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe article analyses the impact of foreign investors, who were the majority shareholders of companies on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, on dividend policy of these companies in the years 2004-2014. An evaluation of the direction and strength of the influence of the analysed group of investors, using 2 models, was conducted applying logistic regression. The first – dividend payout policy based on the binary logit model - showed that along with a growing share of a foreign investor in a given company the probability of dividend payment by the company increased significantly. The second – dividend level change model based on the multinominal logit method - showed, however, that with an increasing share of foreign investors the probability that a given company will reduce the paid dividend level was enhanced significantly. Additionally, it should be stated that these results, irrespective of the model used, were to a very large extent in line with conclusions of the pecking order theory. However, in the case of signaling, free cash flow and maturity theories, these results only to a small extent provided evidence supporting these theories.

scholarly journals Signaling hypotheses of share repurchase – life cycle approach. The case of Polish listed companies

Equilibrium ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elżbieta Wrońska-Bukalska ◽  
Bogna Kaźmierska-Jóźwiak
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Growth Stage ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Payout Policy ◽  
Free Cash Flow ◽  
Mature Stage ◽  
Share Repurchases ◽  
Life Cycle Approach ◽  
Share Repurchase ◽  
Financial Policies

Research background: Payout policy has attracted a great deal of research, how-ever it still has not been satisfactorily explained why corporations repurchase their shares. The most popular explanation for share repurchases is their signaling power. An alternative explanation for share repurchases is related to free cash flow. We assume that both theories are not competitive, due to the fact that the motives for share repurchases may differ depending on the firm’s life cycle stage.Purpose of the article: The aim of the paper is to test the hypotheses that companies in growth stage are more prone to repurchase their shares due to the their undervaluation.Methods: Our analysis focuses on 116 repurchase on WSE and 47 repurchase on NewCon-nect in Poland during the period 2004–2016 to test the hypothesis. We assume that companies listed on WSE are in their mature stage while listed on NewConnect are in the growth stage. We use market value to book the value ratio (M/BV) and the relation of M/BV ratio for the repurchasing company to the M/BV ratio for the whole market at the date of implementing share repurchase program as a proxies for firm valuation.Findings & Value added: Our study does not confirm that repurchased companies at a growth stage are more undervalued than repurchased companies at a mature stage (at statistically significant level), however there are more repurchased companies at a growth stage with lower M/BV value than repurchase companies in mature stage.  Adding corporate life cycle theory into the study, our result can contribute to the literature by more distinctly understanding the motivation of share repurchases. The results might be helpful for companies to determine their financial policies and for investors to determine their investment decisions.

scholarly journals Modelling the Employment Structure in Public Companies for a Small Sample

2008 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44
Author(s):  
Waldemar Tarczyński ◽  
Mirosława Gazińska
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Public Companies ◽  
Employment Structure ◽  
Interesting Issue ◽  
Financial Condition ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange ◽  
Statistical Regularities

Modelling the Employment Structure in Public Companies for a Small SampleThe analysis of employment structure is a very important issue in the companies and it is connected with many factors in the company and on the market. An interesting issue is whether labour efficiency affects economic and financial performance of the company and the whole market. In the case of any statistical regularities concerning this issue it is necessary to allow for the variables related to employment, e.g. in the analyses of listed companies. It is a particularly important matter in Poland where the ownership transformations and transition to market economy have resulted in major changes in employment in individual companies. The main goal of the paper is an analysis of the structure of companies by their group labour productivity in homogenous groups of listed companies, the so called megasectors, in relation to their economic and financial condition. The study refers to the period of 2000-2003 and includes 73 companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

scholarly journals Konkurencja wewnątrzorganizacyjna w grupach Kapitałowych

Ekonomista ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
WIOLETTA MIERZEJEWSKA
Keyword(s):  
Resource Competition ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Market Competition ◽  
Business Groups ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Business Group ◽  
Entire Group ◽  
Competitive Behavior ◽  
Intermediate Structure ◽  
Warsaw Stock Exchange

Business groups as one of the forms of capital concentration began to appear in developed economies from the end of the 19th century as a result of geographical expansion, diversification and the development of enterprises stimulated by industrialization. Currently, they take a significant part of the value added in the economy. In the context of institutional regulation of transactions, business groups are considered to be an intermediate structure between a pure market and a pure hierarchy. The subsidiaries within a business group enter into various interactions, partly based on market principles, and partly regulated by hierarchical coordination mechanisms. Although the main goal of this structure is cooperation of subsidiaries, in their functioning one can see the formation of relations characterized by competition. The aim of the article is to identify the perception of competition processes within business groups. It is a relatively unexplored issue, studied mainly on the example of international corporations, but of great importance for the effectiveness of the entire business group. The research was based on a sample of 121 parent companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The results of the research show that subsidiaries within a business group display competitive behavior towards their sister entities, although of low intensity. The tendency towards the prevalence of the resource competition (on the internal market) over the product and market competition (on the external market) is also visible. The research findings confirmed the existing conceptual analyses and enabled an in-depth characterization of competitive processes in business groups from the perspective of the entire group, taking into account the intensity and areas of competitive behavior.

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