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Reporting Corporate Risk: An Empirical Inquiry into Listed Entities in the Saudi Capital Market

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  • Samihah Ali Al-Sahali

    (Accounting Department, University of Hafr Al-Batin, Hafr Al Batin 39524, Saudi Arabia)

  • Khalid Rasheed Al-Adeem

    (Accounting Department, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

A capital market with greater transparency provides more accurate metrics for measuring corporate performance, which can be utilized to inform market participants’ decisions. Informed risk is crucial to corporate reporting transparency. This empirical study explores the extent to which firms in the Saudi capital market disclose risk information, whether financial or non-financial. A risk disclosure index (RDI) is constructed based on a rigorous literature review of previous studies, considering suggested items related to corporate risk that must be disclosed. The sample comprises 50 corporations, with five companies representing the energy sector, three representing the utility sector, and forty-two representing the materials sector. The findings reveal moderate financial risk disclosure (sample mean 56%) and low non-financial risk disclosure (sample mean 33%) in the Saudi capital market. In the energy sector, the disclosed financial and non-financial risks comprise 57% and 37%, respectively; in the utility sector, these proportions are 56% and 31%, while in the materials sector, they are 54% and 33%, respectively. Regulators should prioritize high-quality, transparent, and comparable risk information disclosure to attract direct foreign investment. To improve their risk disclosure, managers of firms can also employ the RDI to examine the extent of risk their companies face. This study is limited to the annual and board reports of companies in the three sectors.

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  • Samihah Ali Al-Sahali & Khalid Rasheed Al-Adeem, 2024. "Reporting Corporate Risk: An Empirical Inquiry into Listed Entities in the Saudi Capital Market," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(15), pages 1-38, August.
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