Assessing the Predictive Power of Customer Satisfaction for Financial and Market Performances: Price-to-Earnings Ratio is a Better Predictor Overall

Our paper shows that based on the RMSE criteria, Price-to-Earnings ratio is a better predictor of financial and market performances of the firm than the Customer Satisfaction index (CS). This conclusion is based on the choice of five financial and seven market indicators that we consider as proxies...

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Main Authors: Pierre Rostan, Alexandra Rostan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2012-01-01
Series:International Review of Management and Marketing
Online Access:https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/151
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description Our paper shows that based on the RMSE criteria, Price-to-Earnings ratio is a better predictor of financial and market performances of the firm than the Customer Satisfaction index (CS). This conclusion is based on the choice of five financial and seven market indicators that we consider as proxies for financial and market performances with a sample comprising eighty-six companies: Book value, dividend yield, Gross Profit Margin, Price to Cash-Flows, Price-to-Earnings, Price to Sales, Annual return, ROA, ROE, ROI, Volatility and Tobin’s Q. However, CS clearly outperforms our five benchmarks (Tobin’s Q, Price-to-Cash Flows, Price-to-Earnings, Volatility or the indicator itself) when forecasting Tobin’s Q, Volatility, ROE and ROI. In periods of volatile market such as year 2008, CS is a more stable predictor of Volatility or ROE than the indicators themselves (i.e. Volatility for Volatility, ROE for ROE).   Keywords: Customer satisfaction; Financial performance; Market performance; Price-to-Earnings; Financial ratio; Market ratio     JEL Classifications: C15; C53; M31; M41; G17
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spelling doaj.art-e5a5aa97aa104bfcba0c6703017261f32023-02-15T16:18:32ZengEconJournalsInternational Review of Management and Marketing2146-44052012-01-0121Assessing the Predictive Power of Customer Satisfaction for Financial and Market Performances: Price-to-Earnings Ratio is a Better Predictor OverallPierre Rostan0Alexandra Rostan1RMIT International University VietnamRMIT International University Vietnam Our paper shows that based on the RMSE criteria, Price-to-Earnings ratio is a better predictor of financial and market performances of the firm than the Customer Satisfaction index (CS). This conclusion is based on the choice of five financial and seven market indicators that we consider as proxies for financial and market performances with a sample comprising eighty-six companies: Book value, dividend yield, Gross Profit Margin, Price to Cash-Flows, Price-to-Earnings, Price to Sales, Annual return, ROA, ROE, ROI, Volatility and Tobin’s Q. However, CS clearly outperforms our five benchmarks (Tobin’s Q, Price-to-Cash Flows, Price-to-Earnings, Volatility or the indicator itself) when forecasting Tobin’s Q, Volatility, ROE and ROI. In periods of volatile market such as year 2008, CS is a more stable predictor of Volatility or ROE than the indicators themselves (i.e. Volatility for Volatility, ROE for ROE).   Keywords: Customer satisfaction; Financial performance; Market performance; Price-to-Earnings; Financial ratio; Market ratio     JEL Classifications: C15; C53; M31; M41; G17 https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/151
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title Assessing the Predictive Power of Customer Satisfaction for Financial and Market Performances: Price-to-Earnings Ratio is a Better Predictor Overall
title_full Assessing the Predictive Power of Customer Satisfaction for Financial and Market Performances: Price-to-Earnings Ratio is a Better Predictor Overall
title_fullStr Assessing the Predictive Power of Customer Satisfaction for Financial and Market Performances: Price-to-Earnings Ratio is a Better Predictor Overall
title_full_unstemmed Assessing the Predictive Power of Customer Satisfaction for Financial and Market Performances: Price-to-Earnings Ratio is a Better Predictor Overall
title_short Assessing the Predictive Power of Customer Satisfaction for Financial and Market Performances: Price-to-Earnings Ratio is a Better Predictor Overall
title_sort assessing the predictive power of customer satisfaction for financial and market performances price to earnings ratio is a better predictor overall
url https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/151
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