Week 6 - Accounting Information and Share Prices Flashcards
When buying shares listed on the stock exchange, market share price changes as a result of what factors?
Demand and supply:
- Where demand is high the share price increases
- Where demand is low the share price decreases
- Fluctuations in share prices due to rumours
Does the purchase and sale of shares affect the entries in the company’s statement of financial
position?
Purchase and sale of shares in the secondary market only changes share ownership and does not affect entries in the company’s statement of financial position
What is the primary market?
- Securities are sold to investors
- Money that is raised goes to issuing firm
- First share issue is called an Initial Public Offering (IPO)
- Second Share issue is called a seasoned offering
What is the secondary market?
- Investors trade securities with each other
- Money that is raised goes to seller of securities
- Share prices
Give the formula for the monetary return of share
Dividend income + Capital gains = Total monetary return
Give the formula for percentage monetary return of a share
Percentage Return = Dividend Yield + Capital Gains Yield
Dividend Yield = Divt+1/Pt
Capital Gains Yield = (Pt+1 - Pt)/Pt
Therefore,
Percentage Return = (Divt+1 + Pt+1 - Pt)/Pt
Percentage Return: Example
Calculate the percentage return given the following information:
Divt+1 = £1.85 Pt+1 = £40.33 Pt = £37
Percentage Return = (Divt+1 + Pt+1 - Pt)/Pt
= (1.85 + 40.33 - 37)/37 = 0.14 = 14%
Percentage Return: Challenge
Calculate the percentage return given the following information:
Divt+1 = £2.00 Pt+1 = £35 Pt = £25
Percentage Return = (Divt+1 + Pt+1 - Pt)/Pt
= (2 + 35 - 25)/25 = 0.48 = 48%
What is the FTSE 100?
• The “FOOTSIE” FTSE100
- Financial Times Index
- The index is calculated by taking the average share prices of the 100 largest companies on the LSE
- The index is ‘weighted’ by market capitalisation of each stock in the index so that the largest companies have most influence on the index
What is the FTSE All Share?
The index for all listed companies
Is inclusion in the FTSE a good or bad thing for a company?
Inclusion in the index can affect a company’s share price
What factors influence share price?
• The company itself - Its plans - Rumours of good news or bad news - Rumours of takeovers - Expectations of growth for the company - Solvency and profitability - Quality of management • General economy • Other companies in the same industry
Question 1 – Share Price
Which of the following can influence a company’s
share price?
A. Other companies in the same sector reporting
poor results
B. Scandal and gossip
C. A financial journalist offering share price tips to
readers
D. All of the above
D
What are the two different types of risk associated with shares?
Systematic Risk (non-diversifiable risk) Unsystematic Risk (diversifiable risk)
What is Systematic Risk?
Risk associated with the market generally
What is Unsystematic Risk?
Risk associated with the specific company
What is a balanced portfolio?
Holding a variety of shares to spread unsystematic risks
How do investors pursue capital gains when buying and selling shares?
Investors buy shares when cheap and aim to sell them
when their price increases (i.e. buy low and sell high)
What accounting information, when disclosed by a company, may influence its share price?
• The following may influence share price when a company discloses them:
- Profit
- Dividends
- Net asset value
- Cash flow
Accounting Information and Share Prices
• The following may influence share price when a company discloses them:
- Profit
- Dividends
- Net asset value
- Cash flow
What might this information indicate about a share?
Each of these can be related to the share price, which gives an indication of whether a share is ‘expensive’ or ‘cheap’ in relation to that information