Earnings Expectations during the COVID-19 Crisis

We analyze the dynamics of earnings forecasts and discount rates implicit in valuations during the COVID-19 crisis. Forecasts over 2020 earnings have been progressively reduced by 16%. Longer-run forecasts have reacted much less. We estimate an implicit discount rate going from 8.5% in mid-February...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Landier, Augustin, Thesmar, David Jean Joseph
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/131138