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Listing switch and financial performance of companies: evidence from the Warsaw Stock Exchange

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  • Dorota Podedworna-Tarnowska

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Purpose - The purpose of this article is to present the results of empirical research concerning the identification of the impact of the transfer of companies from the alternative market to the regulated market of the Warsaw Stock Exchange on their operating and net performance. Design/methodology/approach - The study was conducted based on the empirical data of the companies that changed the listing place on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Data regarding the years before the transfer were collected from the prospectuses of companies prepared mandatorily in connection with the transition to the regulated market. Data regarding the years of the event and subsequent years were obtained from companies' annual reports. As in other studies in the analysis, the operational metrics were used (operating return on sale, operating return on assets, total asset turnover), which was further extended to net profitability ratios (net return on ale, net return on asset, net return on equity). The significance analysis was based on the Student's t-test and Wilcoxon’s test. Findings - The results show that before the transfer from the alternative market to the regulated market, companies improved financial performance. As a result of the change of listing venues, the results already collapsed in the year of the event. The downward trend continued in the following two years, with a noticeable improvement in the third year after the transfer. Originality/value - The literature lacks such studies based on the Polish market. To the best knowledge of the author, this is one of the first studies in Poland showing the changes in operating and net performance of companies changing the stock listing venues. The research is based on a large group including all companies that have changed listing venues since the beginning of the alternative market in Poland. The article presents an original empirical result that can be used both by managers and investors in their decisions.

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  • Dorota Podedworna-Tarnowska, 2023. "Listing switch and financial performance of companies: evidence from the Warsaw Stock Exchange," Central European Management Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 31(4), pages 479-494, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:cemjpp:cemj-09-2022-0118
    DOI: 10.1108/CEMJ-09-2022-0118
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