Value relevance of Equity, Earnings and Capital Structure in the Restaurant Industry

Abstract

This paper seeks to accomplish three objectives. First, based on prior research, this paper attempts to infer the value relevance of earnings and equity for firm valuation in the restaurant industry. The second objective is to document the joint information content of earning and equity in firm valuation. Finally, the model tested above is used to evaluate the relevance of capital structure for firm valuation in the static capital structure framework. The empirical results indicate that the incremental R2 associated with earnings was found to be generally less than the incremental R2 associated with equity. The adjusted R2 of the model that included both earnings and equity ranged from 0.54 to 0.77. The results suggest that the addition of capital structure variables have no incremental explanatory power in explaining the market value of firm, in the presence of earnings and equity.

Citation

Upneja, A. and Hua, N. (2006), "Value relevance of Equity, Earnings and Capital Structure in the Restaurant Industry", Chen, J.S. (Ed.) Advances in Hospitality and Leisure (Advances in Hospitality and Leisure, Vol. 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 159-178. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1745-3542(05)02008-4