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Value Relevance of Accounting Information and Implication on Stock Price Movement: Empirical Evidence from Listed Bank Finance and Insurance Companies in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Jeyanthini, S.
dc.contributor.author Rubika, M.
dc.date.accessioned 2015-12-03T04:15:40Z
dc.date.available 2015-12-03T04:15:40Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.citation Jeyanthini, S. and Rubika, M. 2015. Value Relevance of Accounting Information and Implication on Stock Price Movement: Empirical Evidence from Listed Bank Finance and Insurance Companies in Sri Lanka. 6th International Conference on Business & Information ICBI – 2015, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. en_US
dc.identifier.issn 2465-6399
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/10542
dc.description.abstract The investigation of value relevance of accounting information and its implication for emerging markets have received dearth attention in the literature. This study evaluates the relation between the value relevance of accounting information and stock price movement, using data obtained from 20 listed Bank Finance and Insurance companies in Sri Lanka covering the period of 6 years from 2009 to 2014. In order to select the sample random, sampling method used. The research design of this study based on a quantitative approach and analysis secondary data. Data of the selected firms which are listed in the Colombo stock exchange (CSE) Sri Lanka were obtained from their websites. This study identifies value relevance of accounting information by three separate financial ratios: Earning per Share (EPS), Return on Equity (ROE) and Earning Yield (EY) as independent variable while Average share price (ASP) as a dependent variable of this study. The statistical tests were used includes: descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analyses. Through the multiple correlation analysis with the help of user friendly statistical software it is found, there is significant and positive association between ASP and EPS (P= 0.000, < 0.01). Which indicate that, as the EPS increases it would tend to increase the ASP of the company. On the other hand, there is significant and negative correlation between ASP and EY (P=0.045, < 0.05). Which indicate that, as the EY increases it would tend to reduce the ASP of the company. The study also illustrates that main accounting information proxies have strong predict powers on variations of market share price. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya en_US
dc.subject Value Relevance en_US
dc.subject Accounting Information en_US
dc.subject Average Share Price en_US
dc.subject Earning Per Share en_US
dc.subject Return on Equity en_US
dc.subject Earning Yield en_US
dc.subject Colombo Stock Exchange en_US
dc.title Value Relevance of Accounting Information and Implication on Stock Price Movement: Empirical Evidence from Listed Bank Finance and Insurance Companies in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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