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Financial Analysts' Forecasts and Stock Recommendations: A Review of the Research

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  • Ramnath, Sundaresh
  • Rock, Steve
  • Shane, Philip B.

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This surveys reviews research regarding the role of financial analysts in capital markets. The survey builds on the perspectives provided by Schipper (1991) and Brown (1993). We categorize papers published mainly since 1992 and selectively discuss aspects of these papers that address or suggest key research topics of ongoing interest in seven broad areas: analysts' decision processes, the determinants of analyst expertise and distributions of individual analysts' forecasts, the informativeness of analysts' research outputs, analyst and market efficiency with respect to information, effects of analysts' economic incentives on their research outputs, effects of the institutional and regulatory environment (including cross-country comparisons), and the limitations of databases and various research paradigms.

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  • Ramnath, Sundaresh & Rock, Steve & Shane, Philip B., 2008. "Financial Analysts' Forecasts and Stock Recommendations: A Review of the Research," Foundations and Trends(R) in Finance, now publishers, vol. 2(4), pages 311-421, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:now:fntfin:0500000023
    DOI: 10.1561/0500000023
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    1. Jeremiah Green & John R. M. Hand & X. Frank Zhang, 2016. "Errors and questionable judgments in analysts’ DCF models," Review of Accounting Studies, Springer, vol. 21(2), pages 596-632, June.
    2. Jung, Boochun & Shane, Philip B. & Sunny Yang, Yanhua, 2012. "Do financial analysts' long-term growth forecasts matter? Evidence from stock recommendations and career outcomes," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 53(1), pages 55-76.
    3. Michael S. Drake & James R. Moon & Brady J. Twedt & James D. Warren, 2023. "Social media analysts and sell-side analyst research," Review of Accounting Studies, Springer, vol. 28(2), pages 385-420, June.
    4. Michael Drake & Peter Joos & Joseph Pacelli & Brady Twedt, 2020. "Analyst Forecast Bundling," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 66(9), pages 4024-4046, September.
    5. Kadan, Ohad & Madureira, Leonardo & Wang, Rong & Zach, Tzachi, 2012. "Analysts' industry expertise," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(2), pages 95-120.
    6. Kenneth Peasnell & Yuan Yin & Martien Lubberink, 2018. "Analysts’ stock recommendations, earnings growth and risk," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 58(1), pages 217-254, March.
    7. Hou, Qingsong & Li, Weifang & Teng, Min & Hu, May, 2022. "Just a short-lived glory?The effect of China's anti-corruption on the accuracy of analyst earnings forecasts," Journal of Corporate Finance, Elsevier, vol. 76(C).
    8. Blankespoor, Elizabeth & deHaan, Ed & Marinovic, Iván, 2020. "Disclosure processing costs, investors’ information choice, and equity market outcomes: A review," Journal of Accounting and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(2).
    9. Frijns, Bart & Huynh, Thanh D., 2018. "Herding in analysts’ recommendations: The role of media," Journal of Banking & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 91(C), pages 1-18.
    10. Cici, Gjergji & Shane, Philip B. & Yang, Yanhua Sunny, 2017. "Do connections with buy-side analysts inform sell-side analyst research?," CFR Working Papers 17-04, University of Cologne, Centre for Financial Research (CFR).
    11. Gjergji Cici & Philip B. Shane & Yanhua Sunny Yang, 2024. "Do buy‐side analysts inform sell‐side analyst research?," Accounting and Finance, Accounting and Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand, vol. 64(1), pages 657-691, March.
    12. Greg Filbeck & Raymond Gorman & Xin Zhao, 2013. "Are the best of the best better than the rest? The effect of multiple rankings on company value," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 41(4), pages 695-722, November.

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