MISLEADING OR BENEFICIAL? ASSESSING THE EXPLOITATION POTENTIAL OF STOCK BUYBACK ANNOUNCEMENTS IN THE MALAYSIAN STOCK MARKET

Author:

Junlin He,Xiyun Zhang,Ping Gong

Abstract

In the traditional sense, stock buyback announcements are generally perceived as advantageous news. However, with the evolution of the capital market, some scholars argue that such declarations possess the potential for exploitation as a means to artificially inflate stock prices, thereby deceiving investors. Consequently, within the framework of the Efficient Market Hypothesis and the Theory of Asymmetric Information, we employed an event study approach to empirically investigate 30 listed companies in Malaysia that announced stock buybacks in the before June 2022. To fortify the robustness of our research findings, we employed Market Model and the Fama-French Three-Factor Model to estimate Average Abnormal Returns and Cumulative Average Abnormal Returns. The outcomes indicate that stock buyback announcements are still regarded as favorable news in the Malaysian stock market, bestowing investors with significant positive average cumulative abnormal returns. Nevertheless, the Malaysian capital market may witness premature leakage of stock buyback information, thereby accentuating the existence of information asymmetry. We contend that corporate leadership can harness stock buyback announcements as a mechanism to stabilize stock prices and infuse confidence in investors. Concurrently, market regulators should augment transparency and regulatory measures to ensure fairness among all market participants.

Publisher

National and University Library of the Republic of Srpska

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