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The impact of firms’ earnings on the stock market: A study on Food Beverage and Tobacco industry in Colombo Stock Exchange

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dc.contributor.author Sentheeran, K.
dc.contributor.author Anandasayanan, S.
dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-20T08:30:04Z
dc.date.accessioned 2022-07-07T08:44:24Z
dc.date.available 2021-04-20T08:30:04Z
dc.date.available 2022-07-07T08:44:24Z
dc.date.issued 2020
dc.identifier.issn 2478-1126
dc.identifier.uri http://repo.lib.jfn.ac.lk/ujrr/handle/123456789/2585
dc.description.abstract The research is conducted with the primary objective of identifying the impact of Earnings Per Share on Market Price Per Share, evidence from the Food, Beverage, and Tobacco companies listed on the Colombo Stock exchange over the period 2013 2019. In this study, the researchers used Earnings Per Share as independent variables and Market Price Per Share as a dependent variable, whereas Firm Size as a control variable. Descriptive Statistics, Correlation Analysis, Panel regression analysis, and Variance Inflation factors were used for the data analysis. The data were collected for 25 companies from the Food, Beverage and Tobacco industry from 2013 to 2019. Moreover, the sampling method used was Random sampling. The data were analyzed using the statistical software named Eviews 9. The findings revealed that Earnings Per Share affects the Market Price Per Share significantly and positively at a 95% confidence level, whereas Firm Size also has a positive and significant impact on Market Price Per Share en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher University of Jaffna en_US
dc.subject earnings per share en_US
dc.subject firm size en_US
dc.subject market price per share en_US
dc.title The impact of firms’ earnings on the stock market: A study on Food Beverage and Tobacco industry in Colombo Stock Exchange en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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