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Table 6 Correlations analysis using control variables

From: An empirical study of the earnings–returns association: an evidence from China’s A-share market

 

R

EPS/Pt1

CEPS/Pt1

Leverage

Size

Growth

R

1.0000

     

EPS/Pt−1

0.0999

1.0000

    

ΔEPS/Pt−1

0.0843

0.6248

1.0000

   

Leverage

0.0126

0.0161

0.0773

1.0000

  

Size

− 0.1005

0.1187

− 0.0106

− 0.0913

1.0000

 

Growth

− 0.0082

0.0311

0.0345

0.3087

− 0.0721

1.0000

  1. Rit is the stock return for i companies in t year (annual return without cash dividend reinvested), EPS refers to the earning per share, and ΔEPS is the change in the earning per share. The EPS/Pt−1 refers to earnings level variable, and ΔEPS/Pt−1 refers to the change in earnings, Pt−1 refers to the market price at the beginning of the period of each year, as all sample companies end their fiscal year on 31/12 each year. Leverage is measured as total liabilities divided by total assets. Size, this measures the company’s natural logarithm of total assets at the end of the previous fiscal year. Growth variable natural logarithm operating revenue