Several websites list information on earnings surprises. Much of the information supplied is from Zacks.com . Each day the largest positive and negative surprises are listed. Go to www. zacks.com/research/earnings/today_eps.php and identify the top positive and the top negative earnings surprises for the day. The table will list the time and date of the announcement.
a. Do you notice any difference between the times of day that positive announcements tend to be made versus negative announcements?
b. Identify the tickers for the top three positive surprises. Once you have identified the top surprises, go to finance.yahoo.com . Enter the ticker symbols and obtain quotes for these securities. Examine the five-day charts for each of the companies. Is the information incorporated into price quickly? Is there any evidence of prior knowledge or anticipation of the disclosure in advance of the trading?
c. Choose one of the stocks listed and click on its symbol to follow the link for more information. Click on the link for Interactive Java Charting that appears under the graph. In the Graph Control dialog box choose a period of five years and select the box that says “EPS Surprise.” The resulting chart will show positive earnings surprises as green bars and negative surprises as red bars. You can move the cursor over various parts of the graph to investigate what happened to the price and trading volume of the stock around each of the surprise events. Do you notice any patterns?
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