The Empirical Relationship between Stock Prices and Long-Term Earnings
Posted: 22 May 2019
Date Written: November 8, 2008
Abstract
This research shows stock prices to be a function of long-term earnings forecasts, as is consistent with financial theory. Stock prices reflect not only the average of the IBES long-term earnings predictions but also some superior forecasting power beyond that aggregated average prediction.
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