New Study Reveals Better Way to Measure Earnings Quality in Companies
The study compared two methods, ERC and AERC, to see which is better at measuring earnings quality. They looked at data from 69 manufacturing companies in Indonesia from 2014-2017. Using a statistical model, they found that AERC with CFO values better reflects actual earnings quality than ERC. This means that operational cash flow is important in evaluating earnings quality, and the traditional ERC model may not capture stock market reactions accurately.