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Douaa Tizniti, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2708-4139 PhD Candidate, Faculty of Juridical, Economic and Social Sciences –Souissi, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco Mohammed Rachid Aasri, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5807-4641 Professor, Faculty of Juridical, Economic and Social Sciences –Souissi, Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco
Pages: 34-41
Language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21272/fmir.5(2).34-41.2021
Received: 08.04.2021
Accepted: 05.05.2021
Published: 25.06.2021
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Abstract
In the present study, we investigate the impact of discounts on the valuation performance of initial public offerings. Review of existing literature reveals that such valuation performance lacks examination in terms of discounts as most studies focus on valuation methods. Accordingly, we examine the valuation performance of initial public offerings before and after applying discounts. Whereby, underwriters apply a deliberate discount to fair value estimate before setting the final offer price. We assess the valuation performance of initial public offerings through bias and accuracy errors as well as explainability. When valuation errors are low, the valuation performance is deemed superior. Our sample consists of 39 initial public offerings conducted on the Moroccan stock exchange between 2004 and 2018. We use publicly available prospectus to collect necessary data. Our results reveal that discounts applied to fair value estimate when setting the final offer price reduce valuation errors. Consequently, discounts enhance the valuation performance of initial public offerings. In fact, both optimistic and pessimistic final offer price are closer to market price in comparison with optimistic and pessimistic fair value estimate. We conclude that if valuations conducted by underwriters are objective, discounts serve as a qualitative valuation to supplement the quantitative one. This qualitative valuation incorporates relevant information about market circumstances with regard to initial public offerings. This indicates the superior fundamental analysis underwriters are capable of performing. However, if valuations conducted by underwriters are subjective, then underwriters deliberately overestimates fair value estimate to justify applying discounts when setting the final offer price. Nonetheless, our study reveals that discounts are more than proportional to valuation optimism. Consequently, while discounts absorb this valuation optimism, they also set a valuation pessimism. In other words, discounts avoid overpricing initial public offerings, yet they result in underpricing them. Interestingly, we discover that although optimistic fair value estimate and pessimistic final offer price have approximate valuation errors, underwriters are more comfortable underpricing initial public offerings than overpricing them.
Keywords: IPO, underwriters, equity valuation, optimism, discount, underpricing.
JEL Classification: G12, G24, G32.
Cite as: Tizniti, D., Aasri, M. R. (2021). Do Discounts Enhance or Degrade IPOs Valuation Performance?. Financial Markets, Institutions and Risks, 5(2), 34-41. https://doi.org/10.21272/fmir.5(2).34-41.2021
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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