This topic is basically related to the econometric analysis and techniques used to develop the model for the calculation of expected stock returns taking into the account various fundamental or accounting variables of the respective stock. The model developed is basically an extension of Fama and French 3-factor model but it is for the calculation of return from individual stocks. The variables considered are all fundamental accounting variables. The technique used for the generating this proposed model is an advanced regression technique known as “panel regression technique”. To select the best model, all the four panel regression techniques i.e. Fixed One-Way, Fixed Two-Way Effect, Random One-Way and Random Two-Way Effect techniques have been used. For the development of the model, two econometrics softwares: SAS Enterprise Guide v3.0 and EVIEWS v7.0 have been used extensively.
The factors affecting the return according to the model are supported by the theory also. A total of 6 fundamental factors have found to be significantly affecting the expected stock return along with the 3 factors from the Fama and French 3 factors model.
Project Template Sample Kerala University MBAAnujith KR
This document is a project report submitted by a student to partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master's degree. It examines the impact of e-procurement on purchasing indirect goods for a company. The report will include a literature review on e-procurement, data collection and analysis on the company's traditional procurement vs e-procurement, results and discussions. The objective is to understand why e-procurement has not succeeded as expected for indirect purchases and measure its cost-effectiveness for the company.
Competitive Analysis - Literature Review of Analytical FrameworksLanguage Explore
The PLC is not the businessman's panacea but it can be useful if used in combination with other models and frameworks and alongside good management judgement.
The BCG assumed that market share is a good indicator of cash requirement though in reality, profits and cash flow depended on a lot other things than just market share and growth.
Porter who was convinced that the BCG Matrix by itself was not very useful in determining strategy for a particular business and was too simplistic, proposed some analytical tools and techniques in his three core concepts of the Basic Competitive Forces, the Generic Competitive Strategies and the Value Chain.
An Analysis to Determine the Priority Emotional Design in Kansei Engineering ...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The customer satisfaction is as the challenges on
how they can deliver the quality of product for their success
and survival in today’s competitive environment. Based on
this reason, this research is carried out to identify and
investigate the satisfaction toward the customer requirement
of the product development based on their emotional feeling
and how deep we can intepret those meanings behind the
quality attributes in product. This study highlights the
integration study between Kansei Engineering (KE) and
Analythical Hierachy Process (AHP) which in practice
towards the product development. KE used to find, obtain
and interpret emotional needs of consumers of a product,
investigate what the customer requirement based on their
emotional feeling articulated in Semantic Differential scale
context. In order to support, the research is conducted among
100 respondents as a sample size towards car user in Klang
Valley, Malaysia. Studies proved and showed that there an
existing correlation appears and significant findings between
the emotional design quality and product chosen. A daily life
product will be used as case studies (car center stack), as a
real situation feature to apply the idea. Results, by using the
Analythical Hierachy Process (AHP) as a decision maker, the
design No 2, is the best design selected among 4 final designs
in concept generation. It gives the emotional feeling of Ideal
(Kansei Word). The ideal design of the car center stack is the
design that has practical arrangement and not too fancy and
too crowded in the middle of the stack. This study found that
and shows us that the perceived attributes or qualities is
impacted or influenced against the emotional design.
A comparative study of apqp and contemporary product design and devlopement s...IAEME Publication
This document discusses and compares traditional and contemporary product design and development strategies, including APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning). It provides an overview of the traditional product development cycle and then discusses different strategies organizations have used over time, moving from supplier-oriented to consumer-oriented to newer service-oriented approaches. It also outlines some commonly used contemporary approaches seen as more established or "conventional" like Lean product development, Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Six Sigma, and Value Engineering. The document aims to analyze changing approaches to product development to meet evolving market demands.
Service quality analysis and improving customer satisfaction in automobileIAEME Publication
This document summarizes a study that uses Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to analyze service quality and improve customer satisfaction in the automobile service industry. The study uses QFD to:
1) Identify key customer needs through a survey and prioritize them. Error-free vehicle service and on-time delivery were most important.
2) Define technical requirements to meet customer needs, such as express service, pick/drop options, and status monitoring.
3) Create a relationship matrix linking customer needs and technical requirements.
4) Evaluate current performance of technical requirements and set target values to meet customer expectations.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
This document discusses outsourcing to India, including the benefits and challenges. It outlines India's dominance in the outsourcing market and notes the cost savings and access to skilled labor. The document also describes different engagement models for outsourcing, including pure offshore, hybrid, and freelance models. It provides an overview of Service Wing Solutions, an outsourcing company based in India and California.
Working capital management in it sector hcl 123Md Aktar
This document is a project report submitted by Prabhat Dayal, a student at Galgotias University, for their Bachelor of Management Studies degree. The report is on the working capital management of HCL Infosystems Ltd. It includes a declaration by Prabhat Dayal, a certificate from their project coordinator, an acknowledgement, table of contents, and the beginning of chapter 1 on introduction. The introduction provides background on HCL Infosystems Ltd and states the objectives and limitations of the study.
Project Template Sample Kerala University MBAAnujith KR
This document is a project report submitted by a student to partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Master's degree. It examines the impact of e-procurement on purchasing indirect goods for a company. The report will include a literature review on e-procurement, data collection and analysis on the company's traditional procurement vs e-procurement, results and discussions. The objective is to understand why e-procurement has not succeeded as expected for indirect purchases and measure its cost-effectiveness for the company.
Competitive Analysis - Literature Review of Analytical FrameworksLanguage Explore
The PLC is not the businessman's panacea but it can be useful if used in combination with other models and frameworks and alongside good management judgement.
The BCG assumed that market share is a good indicator of cash requirement though in reality, profits and cash flow depended on a lot other things than just market share and growth.
Porter who was convinced that the BCG Matrix by itself was not very useful in determining strategy for a particular business and was too simplistic, proposed some analytical tools and techniques in his three core concepts of the Basic Competitive Forces, the Generic Competitive Strategies and the Value Chain.
An Analysis to Determine the Priority Emotional Design in Kansei Engineering ...Dr. Amarjeet Singh
The customer satisfaction is as the challenges on
how they can deliver the quality of product for their success
and survival in today’s competitive environment. Based on
this reason, this research is carried out to identify and
investigate the satisfaction toward the customer requirement
of the product development based on their emotional feeling
and how deep we can intepret those meanings behind the
quality attributes in product. This study highlights the
integration study between Kansei Engineering (KE) and
Analythical Hierachy Process (AHP) which in practice
towards the product development. KE used to find, obtain
and interpret emotional needs of consumers of a product,
investigate what the customer requirement based on their
emotional feeling articulated in Semantic Differential scale
context. In order to support, the research is conducted among
100 respondents as a sample size towards car user in Klang
Valley, Malaysia. Studies proved and showed that there an
existing correlation appears and significant findings between
the emotional design quality and product chosen. A daily life
product will be used as case studies (car center stack), as a
real situation feature to apply the idea. Results, by using the
Analythical Hierachy Process (AHP) as a decision maker, the
design No 2, is the best design selected among 4 final designs
in concept generation. It gives the emotional feeling of Ideal
(Kansei Word). The ideal design of the car center stack is the
design that has practical arrangement and not too fancy and
too crowded in the middle of the stack. This study found that
and shows us that the perceived attributes or qualities is
impacted or influenced against the emotional design.
A comparative study of apqp and contemporary product design and devlopement s...IAEME Publication
This document discusses and compares traditional and contemporary product design and development strategies, including APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning). It provides an overview of the traditional product development cycle and then discusses different strategies organizations have used over time, moving from supplier-oriented to consumer-oriented to newer service-oriented approaches. It also outlines some commonly used contemporary approaches seen as more established or "conventional" like Lean product development, Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Six Sigma, and Value Engineering. The document aims to analyze changing approaches to product development to meet evolving market demands.
Service quality analysis and improving customer satisfaction in automobileIAEME Publication
This document summarizes a study that uses Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to analyze service quality and improve customer satisfaction in the automobile service industry. The study uses QFD to:
1) Identify key customer needs through a survey and prioritize them. Error-free vehicle service and on-time delivery were most important.
2) Define technical requirements to meet customer needs, such as express service, pick/drop options, and status monitoring.
3) Create a relationship matrix linking customer needs and technical requirements.
4) Evaluate current performance of technical requirements and set target values to meet customer expectations.
International Journal of Engineering Research and Applications (IJERA) is an open access online peer reviewed international journal that publishes research and review articles in the fields of Computer Science, Neural Networks, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Plastic Engineering, Food Technology, Textile Engineering, Nano Technology & science, Power Electronics, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Computational mathematics, Image processing, Civil Engineering, Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering, VLSI Testing & Low Power VLSI Design etc.
This document discusses outsourcing to India, including the benefits and challenges. It outlines India's dominance in the outsourcing market and notes the cost savings and access to skilled labor. The document also describes different engagement models for outsourcing, including pure offshore, hybrid, and freelance models. It provides an overview of Service Wing Solutions, an outsourcing company based in India and California.
Working capital management in it sector hcl 123Md Aktar
This document is a project report submitted by Prabhat Dayal, a student at Galgotias University, for their Bachelor of Management Studies degree. The report is on the working capital management of HCL Infosystems Ltd. It includes a declaration by Prabhat Dayal, a certificate from their project coordinator, an acknowledgement, table of contents, and the beginning of chapter 1 on introduction. The introduction provides background on HCL Infosystems Ltd and states the objectives and limitations of the study.
This document discusses adapting business modeling methods to improve entrepreneurial skills among art students. It identifies six essential entrepreneurial skills for art and technology students based on expert interviews: developing personal identity, determining professional value, diverging and converging, communicating visually, exchanging experiences, and validating ideas. It then evaluates three business modeling tools - Business Model Canvas, Lean Startup, and Creating Robust Business Models - and finds they can help develop some skills but not others. The Lean Startup and Creating Robust Business Models best facilitate diverging/converging and validating ideas, while the Business Model Canvas facilitates clear visual communication. The tools may not adequately address developing identity, determining value, or exchanging experiences.
IRJET- S.W.O.T Analysis: Current Status of ConstructionIRJET Journal
The document discusses using SWOT analysis and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methods to analyze the current status of a construction firm, identifying their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Various decision making factors for the construction firm are organized hierarchically and assigned priorities through AHP. The analysis provides an overall assessment of the construction firm's strategic position by determining the relative importance of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
A-Well defined raw material specifications of product and its components, a k...IJERA Editor
New product design and development indeed needs long termvision for better product life and hence to have
better product features the design team has to take into consideration various techno-commercial aspects
todesign and develop most adequate new product. Normally in case of new product design all related activities
are initiated by the team of technicians under the directive jointly given by top and marketing management of
the concerned organization. Due to global competition in the market the product requirements are needed to be
carefully identified so as to make the product more user friendly to the customers. Considering this it is quite
obvious that top priority is for product performance considerations at the same time they have to establish the
product cost to make it more competent in the market. Due to these constraints recently the design and
development function has no more remained the responsibility technocrats but it has become techno-commercial
activity. One should treat this as design and development joint activity to be performed by the dedicated team of
techno-commercial people who are well equipped with sound technical knowledge so as to design the best
possible product. Due to this reason the primary design activity is seen to be interfacing with various
departments such as Marketing, Materials, Tool room ,Manufacturing, Vendor development and many other
related departments and valuable in puts from them are badly needed at the initial phase of product design and
development. This helps in identifying the product needs at various manufacturing stages well in advance. This
ultimately helps the design department to deliver the most adequate product with no operational problems and
product is ready to satisfy customer’s needs which ultimately leads to growth of organization through smooth
product life cycle management.
1) Kandy International Software Solutions is seeking a new owner as their high costs have led to declining profits in recent years. Their assets include the business location, IT infrastructure, software products, and skilled employees.
2) The business has potential as it has developed 20+ software products serving niche markets and has undertaken custom projects. However, it currently sells products at a high price.
3) A new owner could reduce costs and prices to increase profits by capitalizing on the business' strengths like its skilled workforce and product line, while mitigating weaknesses such as unnecessary spending.
This document discusses a case study of the manufacturing competency of Sonalika tractor manufacturing unit in India. It analyzes factors like product design and development, quality control, and performance parameters. It was found that joint ventures improved sales by allowing for more investment in manufacturing plants and precise testing, which increased testing and production levels. Sales also improved with enhancements to the manufacturing unit's competitiveness. The document provides background on Sonalika and describes its research and development facilities.
INTERNSHIP REPORT ON NEXT ACCESSORIES LTD. Shawghat, Bhulta, Rupganj, Narayan...S M Khorshed Alam
The Ready Made Garments (RMG) industries has been provided the single source of growth in Bangladesh's rapidly developing economy. Exports of textiles and garments are the principal source of foreign exchange earnings. As of 2017 Bangladesh held the 2nd place in producing garments just after China.
Garments Accessories and Packaging (GAP) sector is acting as a backward linkage industry of RMG. Now almost all requirements of garments accessories & packaging of readymade garments & other export-oriented industries are being met up locally which is about 95%.
NEXT Accessories Ltd is one of the renowned garments label manufacturing companies in Bangladesh. It is a locally owned Private Limited Company which was established in 2005 under the Companies Act-1994. Next Accessories Ltd. is situated in the industrial and commercial hub of Bhulta, Rupganj of Narayanganj district.
Next Accessories is on the pinnacle of Green production with an impressive one-stop-shop production facility serving apparel identification solution, print and packaging industry. A LEED Gold Certified Green plant, constructed according to United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) criteria, the beautiful facility utilizes state of the art technologies to be at the forefront of Eco-friendly production. NEXT focus on R&D and the use of cutting edge technologies ensure competitiveness and enable us to meet or often exceed the requirements of an ever-evolving global market. Next Accessories Ltd. is the nominated Label and Paper printing & packaging supplier of the leading global apparel brands like H&M, M&S, Decathlon, Varner Group, Tchibo, PVH, The Just Group, Next sourcing, Etam etc.
In my 3(Three) months long Internship, I have studied on six areas which are 1. Textile Production Management, 2. Human Resource Management, 3. Compliance and CSR, 4. Quality Management, 5. Supply Chain Management, and 6. Finance and Accounting of Next Accessories Ltd. along with SWOT analysis for each area. After SWOT analysis of six important areas, I have figured out some Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of Next Accessories Ltd. and some recommendations have been given to overcome their problems as well as keeping sustainability and growth of business.
Finally, I have concluded with saying that Next Accessories Ltd. will get more orders and more nominations from new buyers in future due to having USGBC LEED Gold certified factory, 100% compliance, world class machineries, skilled manpower and high-quality products.
In the present scenario of competitive market, manufacturing companies are struggling to grab the interest and requirements of customers in a well manner by providing sufficient and innovative services in agile manner. Companies those who have adopted agile manufacturing methods have gain a lot of market shares and profit s. It is seen as the winning strategy to be adopted by manufacturers bracing themselves for dramatic performance enhancements to become national and international leaders in an increasingly competitive market of fast changing customer requirements. To further the understanding of agility, this paper reviews the meaning of agility from different management driver’s criteria and attributes and suggests a comprehensive definition which can be adopted as a working definition by practitioners. The main aim of this study is to emphasis on the management drivers of agile manufacturing and make them more efficient by sucking out the drawbacks inside them and focus on some beneficial criteria’s of each management drivers.
This document is a summer training project report submitted by Shivansh Goyal to the Head & Dean of FMS at ITC Ltd in Saharanpur analyzing the working capital management of ITC Ltd. It discusses the goals of working capital management, analyzes ITC's current assets and current liabilities, and assesses the company's working capital management policies through ratio analysis and other techniques. The report finds that ITC's inventory levels are increasing but inventory turnover is decreasing, indicating potential issues with stock velocity that could impact the company's performance if not addressed.
This document is a report submitted by Swetha Gopinath to ITC Foods Business Division to partially fulfill the requirements of an Industry Internship Programme. The report provides a detailed analysis of brand activation strategies at ITC Limited. It includes an acknowledgement section thanking various individuals and organizations for their support and guidance during the internship. It also includes a table of contents that outlines the different chapters covered in the report such as the introduction, industry overview, company overview, SWOT analysis, objectives, observations, findings, recommendations, and conclusion.
Productivity Improvement of a Laboratory Equipment Manufacturing Company thro...akshay hebbar
The Small Scale Industrial sector plays a significant role in the industrial development of any country. Especially in India It has emerged as powerful tool in providing relatively larger employment next to agriculture. Global Markets are continuously changing and demanding product of high quality and low cost. In India, the survival and growth of small scale industry largely depends on its ability to innovate, improve operational efficiency and increase productivity. The importance of the Small Scale Industrial Sector is well recognized world over for its significant contribution in various fields like socioeconomic objectives, thereby creating a higher growth of employment, promotion of exports, output and encouraging youngsters to take up entrepreneurship. To maintain business arena in Small Scale Industries it is of most important to win hearts of customer by delivering products according to the requirement of the customer, quality, time and cost of the product of service. To achieve this Small Scale Industries should have sustainable production with continuous improvement. The Aim of this project is to minimize the inventory, optimize the rate of production and maintenance scheduling for the Tech-Ed Equipment Company. Using the concepts of ERP, inventory classification scheduling, Likert scale to minimize the company’s problems in the area of purchase, production and service. The main purpose of this project is to bring lean concepts in small scale industries in India, where industries are working on very old and obsolete techniques of manufacturing and there is no any working culture available and even they are not thinking to develop it.
This document provides a summary of an internship report submitted by Shruti Singh on the iEng Drawing and iEng Datasheet Solution. The report includes chapters on piping and instrumentation drawings, common symbols used in P&IDs, instrument process datasheets, and the iEng solutions which use AI to convert engineering drawings and datasheets into digital formats to facilitate engineering design automation. The conclusion discusses how the iEng solutions can be used by engineering companies to digitize and understand 3D drawings.
This appraisal report provides valuations for machinery and equipment belonging to XXXXXXX as of May 30, 2008. Scott Buth of Alternative Machine Tool performed an inspection of the equipment and determined the total fair market value to be $669,600. The value is distributed among several categories of equipment, including vertical machining centers valued at $220,900, horizontal machining centers valued at $123,000, and CNC turning centers valued at $195,000. The report provides details on individual pieces of equipment within each category, along with the appraiser's qualifications and methodology.
An Empirical Investigation of Fama-French-Carhart Multifactor Model: UK Evidenceiosrjce
The study employs Fama-French-Carhart Multifactor Model to investigate the significance of Firm
Size, Book-to-Market ratio and Momentum in explaining variations in returns of stocks listed on the UK equity
market using monthly stock data of 100 randomly selected UK stocks from January 1996 to December 2013
collected from DataStream 5.0. The empirical results from the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression analysis
of the test of the multifactor model found firm size insignificant for three of the six portfolios formed; the value
factor (book-to-market ratio) significant for all the six portfolios while the momentum factor is significant for
the three portfolios with big market capitalization stocks. Overall, the empirical results indicate the presence of
value effect among small-cap and big-cap stocks and momentum effect among big-cap stocks in the London
Stock Exchange. Firm size is not found to be a reliable significant factor in explaining stock returns in the
equity market.
The document summarizes a five-factor asset pricing model that augments the Fama-French three-factor model by adding profitability and investment factors.
The five-factor model is tested using portfolios sorted on size, book-to-market equity ratio, profitability, and investment to produce spreads in average returns. The results show patterns in average returns related to size, value, profitability, and investment that the five-factor model seeks to capture. Specifically, small stocks and stocks with high book-to-market ratios, profitability, or low investment tend to have higher average returns. However, the model has difficulties explaining the low returns of some small, low-profitability stocks that invest heavily.
Comparative tests of Fama-French Three and Five-Factor models using Principal...Eric Lai
The Fama-French (1993) three-factor model directed at capturing size and value patterns in average stock returns is comparatively tested using principal component analysis. Motivated by the missed variations in average returns of the three-factor model. The three-factor model is augmented with Fama-French (2015) 2 x 2 and 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 joint controls for profitability and investment factors. Size, value, and profitability effects are found similar to the findings of Fama and French (2015). Furthermore, opposite investment effects are observed in which firms that invest aggressively yield higher average returns than firms that invest conservatively. Moreover, the value factor is not found to be redundant or absorbed by the slopes of profitability and investment factors.
(This research paper is work in progress towards publication, if there are any questions please contact Eric Lai at ericjiye@gmail.com)
Devanayagam_Impact of Macroeconomic Variables on Global Stock MarketsDevanayagam N
The document presents a study analyzing the impact of macroeconomic variables on global stock market performance. It tests the hypothesis that GDP growth, inflation, and unemployment significantly impact stock market indices. Regression models show GDP growth and inflation have a significant, direct relationship with stock market changes. The study concludes macroeconomic factors robustly explain parts of stock market performance, allowing better understanding and guidance for investors.
My project venture-capital-industry-in-indiapalpreeti
This document provides a project report on venture capital industry in India. It includes an executive summary outlining the various aspects covered in the report such as what venture capital is, its process, major players in India, contributors to the industry and their investments. It also discusses problems faced and measures to address them. The report analyses the current scenario of venture capital funds in India and the regulations governing them.
The document provides an overview of venture capital, including its history, key roles, advantages, and factors for success. It discusses how venture capital emerged in the US after WWII and fueled growth in the tech industry. Venture capital firms invest in startups and growing companies, and their roles include providing funding, management advice, networking opportunities, and helping companies exit. The advantages are that it promotes innovation, job growth, and profit for investors and entrepreneurs. Factors for success include experience, business skills, judgment, patience, and drive to guide entrepreneurs.
This document provides a project report submitted by Sushobhan Birtia on "Analysis of Bharti-AXA Range of Services". It includes an introduction to Bharti-AXA Life Insurance which is a joint venture between Bharti Enterprises and AXA Group. Bharti-AXA aims to leverage Bharti's expertise in India and AXA's global leadership in financial services. The document further includes sections on literature review, research methodology, data analysis, findings and conclusion regarding the range of services offered by Bharti-AXA.
The document summarizes the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and reviews early empirical tests of the model. It begins by outlining the logic and key assumptions of the CAPM, including that the market portfolio must be mean-variance efficient. However, empirical tests found problems with the CAPM's predictions about the relationship between expected returns and market betas. Specifically, cross-sectional regressions did not find intercepts equal to the risk-free rate or slopes equal to the expected market premium. To address measurement error, later tests examined portfolios rather than individual assets. In general, the early empirical evidence revealed shortcomings in the CAPM's ability to explain returns.
A project report on Training & Recruitment of Life Insurance Agent. Guwahati ...Riyaj Shah
The Summer Excel Training I have done in Bharti AXA life Insurance Company Ltd. Guwahati, in the partial fulfillment of MBA course for 30 days was a memorable one in my management education.
I gathered a very good practical experience with this project.
This document provides an overview of a project report on the recruitment and selection procedures at Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company Limited. It includes an acknowledgement, declaration, table of contents, introduction on the importance of recruitment and selection for businesses. It also includes a company profile of Bharti AXA Life Insurance, their HR policies, selection process details, findings and suggestions from interviews. In conclusion, it aimed to study the recruitment and retention procedures at Bharti AXA Life Insurance.
This document discusses adapting business modeling methods to improve entrepreneurial skills among art students. It identifies six essential entrepreneurial skills for art and technology students based on expert interviews: developing personal identity, determining professional value, diverging and converging, communicating visually, exchanging experiences, and validating ideas. It then evaluates three business modeling tools - Business Model Canvas, Lean Startup, and Creating Robust Business Models - and finds they can help develop some skills but not others. The Lean Startup and Creating Robust Business Models best facilitate diverging/converging and validating ideas, while the Business Model Canvas facilitates clear visual communication. The tools may not adequately address developing identity, determining value, or exchanging experiences.
IRJET- S.W.O.T Analysis: Current Status of ConstructionIRJET Journal
The document discusses using SWOT analysis and analytical hierarchy process (AHP) methods to analyze the current status of a construction firm, identifying their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Various decision making factors for the construction firm are organized hierarchically and assigned priorities through AHP. The analysis provides an overall assessment of the construction firm's strategic position by determining the relative importance of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
A-Well defined raw material specifications of product and its components, a k...IJERA Editor
New product design and development indeed needs long termvision for better product life and hence to have
better product features the design team has to take into consideration various techno-commercial aspects
todesign and develop most adequate new product. Normally in case of new product design all related activities
are initiated by the team of technicians under the directive jointly given by top and marketing management of
the concerned organization. Due to global competition in the market the product requirements are needed to be
carefully identified so as to make the product more user friendly to the customers. Considering this it is quite
obvious that top priority is for product performance considerations at the same time they have to establish the
product cost to make it more competent in the market. Due to these constraints recently the design and
development function has no more remained the responsibility technocrats but it has become techno-commercial
activity. One should treat this as design and development joint activity to be performed by the dedicated team of
techno-commercial people who are well equipped with sound technical knowledge so as to design the best
possible product. Due to this reason the primary design activity is seen to be interfacing with various
departments such as Marketing, Materials, Tool room ,Manufacturing, Vendor development and many other
related departments and valuable in puts from them are badly needed at the initial phase of product design and
development. This helps in identifying the product needs at various manufacturing stages well in advance. This
ultimately helps the design department to deliver the most adequate product with no operational problems and
product is ready to satisfy customer’s needs which ultimately leads to growth of organization through smooth
product life cycle management.
1) Kandy International Software Solutions is seeking a new owner as their high costs have led to declining profits in recent years. Their assets include the business location, IT infrastructure, software products, and skilled employees.
2) The business has potential as it has developed 20+ software products serving niche markets and has undertaken custom projects. However, it currently sells products at a high price.
3) A new owner could reduce costs and prices to increase profits by capitalizing on the business' strengths like its skilled workforce and product line, while mitigating weaknesses such as unnecessary spending.
This document discusses a case study of the manufacturing competency of Sonalika tractor manufacturing unit in India. It analyzes factors like product design and development, quality control, and performance parameters. It was found that joint ventures improved sales by allowing for more investment in manufacturing plants and precise testing, which increased testing and production levels. Sales also improved with enhancements to the manufacturing unit's competitiveness. The document provides background on Sonalika and describes its research and development facilities.
INTERNSHIP REPORT ON NEXT ACCESSORIES LTD. Shawghat, Bhulta, Rupganj, Narayan...S M Khorshed Alam
The Ready Made Garments (RMG) industries has been provided the single source of growth in Bangladesh's rapidly developing economy. Exports of textiles and garments are the principal source of foreign exchange earnings. As of 2017 Bangladesh held the 2nd place in producing garments just after China.
Garments Accessories and Packaging (GAP) sector is acting as a backward linkage industry of RMG. Now almost all requirements of garments accessories & packaging of readymade garments & other export-oriented industries are being met up locally which is about 95%.
NEXT Accessories Ltd is one of the renowned garments label manufacturing companies in Bangladesh. It is a locally owned Private Limited Company which was established in 2005 under the Companies Act-1994. Next Accessories Ltd. is situated in the industrial and commercial hub of Bhulta, Rupganj of Narayanganj district.
Next Accessories is on the pinnacle of Green production with an impressive one-stop-shop production facility serving apparel identification solution, print and packaging industry. A LEED Gold Certified Green plant, constructed according to United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) criteria, the beautiful facility utilizes state of the art technologies to be at the forefront of Eco-friendly production. NEXT focus on R&D and the use of cutting edge technologies ensure competitiveness and enable us to meet or often exceed the requirements of an ever-evolving global market. Next Accessories Ltd. is the nominated Label and Paper printing & packaging supplier of the leading global apparel brands like H&M, M&S, Decathlon, Varner Group, Tchibo, PVH, The Just Group, Next sourcing, Etam etc.
In my 3(Three) months long Internship, I have studied on six areas which are 1. Textile Production Management, 2. Human Resource Management, 3. Compliance and CSR, 4. Quality Management, 5. Supply Chain Management, and 6. Finance and Accounting of Next Accessories Ltd. along with SWOT analysis for each area. After SWOT analysis of six important areas, I have figured out some Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats of Next Accessories Ltd. and some recommendations have been given to overcome their problems as well as keeping sustainability and growth of business.
Finally, I have concluded with saying that Next Accessories Ltd. will get more orders and more nominations from new buyers in future due to having USGBC LEED Gold certified factory, 100% compliance, world class machineries, skilled manpower and high-quality products.
In the present scenario of competitive market, manufacturing companies are struggling to grab the interest and requirements of customers in a well manner by providing sufficient and innovative services in agile manner. Companies those who have adopted agile manufacturing methods have gain a lot of market shares and profit s. It is seen as the winning strategy to be adopted by manufacturers bracing themselves for dramatic performance enhancements to become national and international leaders in an increasingly competitive market of fast changing customer requirements. To further the understanding of agility, this paper reviews the meaning of agility from different management driver’s criteria and attributes and suggests a comprehensive definition which can be adopted as a working definition by practitioners. The main aim of this study is to emphasis on the management drivers of agile manufacturing and make them more efficient by sucking out the drawbacks inside them and focus on some beneficial criteria’s of each management drivers.
This document is a summer training project report submitted by Shivansh Goyal to the Head & Dean of FMS at ITC Ltd in Saharanpur analyzing the working capital management of ITC Ltd. It discusses the goals of working capital management, analyzes ITC's current assets and current liabilities, and assesses the company's working capital management policies through ratio analysis and other techniques. The report finds that ITC's inventory levels are increasing but inventory turnover is decreasing, indicating potential issues with stock velocity that could impact the company's performance if not addressed.
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Productivity Improvement of a Laboratory Equipment Manufacturing Company thro...akshay hebbar
The Small Scale Industrial sector plays a significant role in the industrial development of any country. Especially in India It has emerged as powerful tool in providing relatively larger employment next to agriculture. Global Markets are continuously changing and demanding product of high quality and low cost. In India, the survival and growth of small scale industry largely depends on its ability to innovate, improve operational efficiency and increase productivity. The importance of the Small Scale Industrial Sector is well recognized world over for its significant contribution in various fields like socioeconomic objectives, thereby creating a higher growth of employment, promotion of exports, output and encouraging youngsters to take up entrepreneurship. To maintain business arena in Small Scale Industries it is of most important to win hearts of customer by delivering products according to the requirement of the customer, quality, time and cost of the product of service. To achieve this Small Scale Industries should have sustainable production with continuous improvement. The Aim of this project is to minimize the inventory, optimize the rate of production and maintenance scheduling for the Tech-Ed Equipment Company. Using the concepts of ERP, inventory classification scheduling, Likert scale to minimize the company’s problems in the area of purchase, production and service. The main purpose of this project is to bring lean concepts in small scale industries in India, where industries are working on very old and obsolete techniques of manufacturing and there is no any working culture available and even they are not thinking to develop it.
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This appraisal report provides valuations for machinery and equipment belonging to XXXXXXX as of May 30, 2008. Scott Buth of Alternative Machine Tool performed an inspection of the equipment and determined the total fair market value to be $669,600. The value is distributed among several categories of equipment, including vertical machining centers valued at $220,900, horizontal machining centers valued at $123,000, and CNC turning centers valued at $195,000. The report provides details on individual pieces of equipment within each category, along with the appraiser's qualifications and methodology.
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market using monthly stock data of 100 randomly selected UK stocks from January 1996 to December 2013
collected from DataStream 5.0. The empirical results from the Ordinary Least Square (OLS) regression analysis
of the test of the multifactor model found firm size insignificant for three of the six portfolios formed; the value
factor (book-to-market ratio) significant for all the six portfolios while the momentum factor is significant for
the three portfolios with big market capitalization stocks. Overall, the empirical results indicate the presence of
value effect among small-cap and big-cap stocks and momentum effect among big-cap stocks in the London
Stock Exchange. Firm size is not found to be a reliable significant factor in explaining stock returns in the
equity market.
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The Fama-French (1993) three-factor model directed at capturing size and value patterns in average stock returns is comparatively tested using principal component analysis. Motivated by the missed variations in average returns of the three-factor model. The three-factor model is augmented with Fama-French (2015) 2 x 2 and 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 joint controls for profitability and investment factors. Size, value, and profitability effects are found similar to the findings of Fama and French (2015). Furthermore, opposite investment effects are observed in which firms that invest aggressively yield higher average returns than firms that invest conservatively. Moreover, the value factor is not found to be redundant or absorbed by the slopes of profitability and investment factors.
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Running head DEVELOP AN APPLICATION FOR RETAILERS1DEVELOP AN A.docxsusanschei
Running head: DEVELOP AN APPLICATION FOR RETAILERS 1
DEVELOP AN APPLICATION FOR RETAILERS 43
Develop an Application for Retailers
Action Research Paper
Jaya Kumar Pitti
Wilmington University
IST 8101
Under the guidance of
Prof. Billy Machage
Table of Contents
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………….. 6
Methodology………………………………………………………………………….... 10
Literature Review……………………………………………………………………… 13
Proposal…………………………………..……………………………………............ 17
First Iteration: Learn about Different Problems Underlying in Retail Industry……… 17
Second Iteration: Learn about different ways of Application Development…………. 17
Third Iteration: Comparing different Analytics and other business process Applications for Retail sector……………………………………………..……………………….……….. 17
Fourth Iteration: Finalizing right tools, technologies and process to develop the Application..18
Fifth Iteration: Developing and Integrating the Applications……………………………… 18
First Iteration: Learn about Different Problems Underlying in Retail Industry…...… 20
Plan…………………………………………………………………………………….. 20
Action………………………………………………………………………………….. 21
Observe………………………………………………………………………………… 22
Reflect………………………………………………………………………………….. 23
Second Iteration: Learn about different ways of Application Development……………… 25
Plan…………………………………………………………………………………. 25
Action………………………………………………………………………………. 26
Observe……………………………………………………………………………… 27
Reflect………………………………………………………………………………. 29
Third Iteration: Comparing different Analytics and other business process Applications for Retail sector
…………..…............................................................................................................. 31
Plan………………………………………………………………………………….. 31
Action……………………………………………………………………………….. 32
Observe……………………………………………………………………………… 33
Reflect…………………………………………………………………….…………… 35
Fourth Iteration: Finalizing right tools, technologies and process to develop the Application
…………………………………….…………………………………….………...... 37
Plan…………………………………………………………………………….……… 37
Action………………………………………………………………………………… 38
Observe……………………………………………………………………………….. 39
Reflect ………………………………………………………………………………… 41
Iteration 5: Developing and Integrating the Applications………………………….. 43
Plan………………………………………………………………………………….. 43
Action……………………………………………………………………………….. 44
Observe……………………………………………………………………………… 45
Reflect……………………………………………………………………………….. 47
Learning Summary…………………………………………………………………… 49
References……………………………………………………………………………. 51
Figure 1. Iterations Representation………………………………………………………….19
Table 1: Product Table………………………………………………………………………44
Table 2: Customer Table…………………………………………………………………… 45
Table 3: Billing Table………………………………………………………………………. 45
Develop an Application for Retailers
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A project on artificial intelligence in recruitment processGautam Raval
The Project is all about how Artificial Intelligence is helping to gain the productivity overcoming the human errors.
The Future is all about machines are put to make the decisions to gain efficiency and effectiveness
The document provides information about Arihant Institute of Business Management and a student project report. It includes:
1) A cover page with the project title "Operation Strategy and Performance of Free WiFi Device in Hotel Industry" and certification that the report was prepared by a student as partial fulfillment of an MBA program.
2) An acknowledgement and declaration by the student author of the report.
3) An outline of the report contents including chapters on objectives, company profile, theoretical background, research methodology, data analysis, findings and bibliography.
The summary highlights the key elements of the document which is a student project report submitted for an MBA program.
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MKT 500 Final Project Milestone One: Product Idea Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: For the first milestone, choose an existing organization from the list below and submit an idea for a new product or service. This product or service idea
will be used to create your marketing plan for the final project. If your idea is a product, describe the product, its functionality, and how it works. If it is a service,
describe the service offering so that readers understand what they would receive. Your product or service should address a problem that is not currently being
sufficiently addressed by current solution providers, i.e., your competition. This milestone is due in Module One.
Create a fictitious product or service for a company from the following list:
Southwest Airlines or American Airlines
Microsoft Corporation
Heinz Corporation
Caterpillar
3M Co
Costco
Tesla
Amazon
WalMart
Comcast
Your submission should address the following:
Company information:
o Company name, industry, traded name, stock symbol, publicly traded stock exchange, mission, status, marketing reports, and marketing domain
(use EDGAR, the SEC, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics sites for reference)
New product idea:
o What problem does your product/service solve for the target market (not you)? Would your target market say, “Yes, that is a problem and no
one has solved it” about your product/service?
o What competitive advantages does your product/service offer?
o What challenges might you face in the marketing of this product or service?
Ensure that you have adequately described your product or service. By the time your product or service description is written, the reader should understand and
be able to envision what you want to bring to market. If you have a service description, the reader should know where you are located, what your service offers,
and so on.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your paper must be submitted as a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font,
one-inch margins, and APA formatting.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Main Elements Includes most of the main
elements and requirements
and cites many examples to
illustrate each element
Includes some of the main
elements and requirements
Does not include any of the
main elements and
requirements
60
Inquiry and Analysis Provides in-depth analysis that
demonstrates complete
understanding of some
concepts
Provides analysis that
demonstrates some
understanding of concepts
Does not provide in-depth
analysis
10
Integration and
Application
Most of the course concepts
are correctly applied
Some of the course concepts
are correctly applied
Does not correctly apply any of
the course concepts
10
Research Incorporates some scholarly
resources effectively that
reflect depth an ...
This document provides a summary of different business models used in the IT industry. It begins with introducing business models and describing the key components of a business model. It then provides context on the IT and ITES industries in India. The main body summarizes various business models for IT product development companies, including licensing, subscription, and royalty models. It also summarizes business models for IT services companies, such as time and material, fixed cost, offshore development center, and software as a service models.
A concept based model for product development in the emerging marketeSAT Journals
Abstract Emerging market like Asia and Africa are opening a big room of opportunities to do business. The companies which are already globally recognized have started acknowledging this issue and they are making their product and business strategies according to the user perceptions of these growing markets. In these markets where the bigger players are already present, how the local players and new companies can survive and harness the market profits in this competitive environment. This research work provides a conceptual model which can help the local and new companies in increasing their market share and profits within a short time period. This model listen’s the voice of customer and it also accounts the market trend, while designing or planning a product. Multi-factor evaluation process (MFEP) is used in this product development model and an exploratory example of mobile product is also given to clarify the implementation of this model. Keywords= Product technical specifications, New product development, Product design strategy, Voice of customer, Multi- Factor evaluation process (MFEP)
This document discusses the evolution of software metrics over time to measure quality as software has become more complex. It outlines how metrics have changed from measuring lines of code and function points to object-oriented and agile metrics that measure concepts like inheritance, cohesion, and velocity. The document also examines how process models like waterfall, spiral, and agile have influenced quality standards and the definition of new metrics. In summary, software metrics have evolved from size-based measures to more sophisticated metrics aligned with modern processes in order to more effectively measure quality attributes as software engineering has advanced.
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- It lists his experience working for various companies, including his current role as Assistant Manager-Quality at Birlasoft.
- It also outlines his educational background and qualifications, which include a Master's in Total Quality Management and certifications in CMMI, ISO 9001, Six Sigma Green Belt, and ITIL V3 foundation.
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This project report discusses the Matrix Core Builder machine used at Delphi Automotive Systems to produce condensers. The Matrix Core Builder is a fully automatic machine that works with the Central Machine to build condenser cores. It is used specifically to produce the condenser for the YE3 vehicle (codename) for Maruti Suzuki. The report provides an overview of the various production departments at Delphi and describes the process the Matrix Core Builder uses to manufacture the YE3 condenser through various automatic steps before testing and quality checks.
Landscape assessment for financial planning, wealth trackingApurv Singh
This document provides a landscape assessment of financial planning, wealth tracking, and mutual fund analysis tools. It analyzes competitors, gathers feedback from clients, and provides recommendations. The assessment found that CRISIL's offerings are well-rated but could be improved through things like faster updates, improved interfaces, and additional reports. It also recommends exploring new products like a lighter financial planning tool to target younger customers lacking retirement plans.
The document describes a content management system project developed by students at VPMP Polytechnic in Gandhinagar, India. It includes certificates signed by the project guide and head of department certifying the completion of the project by three students. It provides an overview of the objectives, technologies and methodologies used in the project. The project uses an incremental development process to iteratively develop the content management system.
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DEVELOPMENT OF MARKET-WIDE STOCK
VALUATION MODEL (EXTENSION OF FAMA &
FRENCH MODEL) AND AN INDUSTRY ANALYSIS OF
IT AND CONSTRUCTION SECTOR IN INDIA USING
THIS MODEL
By
Saurabh Trivedi
10BSPHH011076
A report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of MBA
Program of IBS Hyderabad
Submitted To
Project Guide:
Prof. Rajashekhar Reddy,
Marketing Department
Date of Submission: Friday, May 13th
, 2011
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CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the thesis titled “Development Of Market-Wide Stock Valuation Model
(Extension Of Fama & French Model) And An Industry Analysis Of IT And Construction
Sector In India Using This Model” is a bonafide work done by Mr. Saurabh Trivedi,
Enrolment No. 10BSPHH011076, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of any
degree and submitted to the Department of Finance & Economics, IBS Hyderabad.
This work was not submitted earlier at any other University or Institute for the award of the
degree.
Project Guide: Project Coordinator:
Prof. Rajashekhar Reddy Dr. Hilda Amalraj
Department of Marketing Dean of Academics
IBS-Hyderabad IBS-Hyderabad
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I. Acknowledgement
I would take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to all the persons for their valuable
assistance and continuous support during my Summer Internship Program (SIP).
I would like to thank Mr. V. Rajanna, Vice President and General Manager, Tata Consultancy
Services, Hyderabad for giving me an opportunity to work with this department.
I would like to thank Dr. V.P. Gulati, Vice President and Head, TCS Business Domain
Academy, for giving me an opportunity to work with this department.
I am also thankful to Mr. J. Chandrasekhar, Academic Relationships Manager, Tata
Consultancy Services, for his helping hand throughout the internship process.
I am grateful to my company guide, Ms. Vasanta Tadimeti, Domain Consultant, TBDA, TCS
for her guidance and support during development of the project. Her inputs, motivation and
suggestions have played a crucial role at every stage in the development of the project.
I would like to thank the entire TBDA team and all my IBS colleagues at TCS who provided
their valuable inputs throughout the internship, which really helped in successful completion of
my project report.
Prof. Rajashekhar Reddy, Department of Marketing, IBS Hyderabad, my faculty guide,
with his continuous guidance throughout the program helped me to complete this project in a
timely and systematic manner.
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II. Declaration
This is to certify that the thesis titled ―Development Of Market-Wide Stock Valuation Model
(Extension Of Fama & French Model) And An Industry Analysis Of It And Construction
Sector In India Using This Model” is a bonafide work done by Mr. Saurabh Trivedi, Enrollment
No. 10BSPHH011076, in partial fulfillment of the requirements of MBA Program and submitted
to IBS Hyderabad.
I also declare that this project is a result of my own efforts and that has not been copied from
anyone and I have taken only citations from the literary resources which are mentioned in the
Bibliography/Reference section.
This work was not submitted earlier at any other university or institute for the award of the
degree.
Saurabh Trivedi,
Hyderabad
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III. Abstract
This topic is basically related to the econometric analysis and techniques used to develop the
model for the calculation of expected stock returns taking into the account various fundamental
or accounting variables of the respective stock. The model developed is basically an extension of
Fama and French 3-factor model but it is for the calculation of return from individual stocks. The
variables considered are all fundamental accounting variables. The technique used for the
generating this proposed model is an advanced regression technique known as ―panel regression
technique‖. To select the best model, all the four panel regression techniques i.e. Fixed One-
Way, Fixed Two-Way Effect, Random One-Way and Random Two-Way Effect techniques have
been used. For the development of the model, two econometrics softwares: SAS Enterprise
Guide v3.0 and EVIEWS v7.0 have been used extensively. The data sample taken for the model
development is of 42 Indian companies from various sectors have been considered. The main
finding of the project is that the models developed by all the techniques are in line with the Fama
and French 3 factor model and are consistent with each other also. The finally selected model is a
Fixed Two-Way Effect Model which tells that there can be some more fundamental accounting
variables which can be used to calculate the cost of equity or expected stock return. The factors
affecting the return according to the model are supported by the theory also. A total of 6
fundamental factors have found to be significantly affecting the expected stock return along with
the 3 factors from the Fama and French 3 factors model. The model is developed with the help of
Indian companies as the data sample. It means that it can also work for the similar developing
capital markets of other countries. Various panel data tests have been done to select the most
robust model among the 4 techniques. Then this model is used to do the valuation of 4
companies in IT and Construction Sector and it has been found that the model is working in a
fine manner. In this modeling no macroeconomic factors have been considered which can also be
considered. The industry specific models can also be developed using the Panel Regression
technique which is an advanced technique for regression. The model developed is a bit complex
as far as the calculations and time is considered. Also this model does not work for the financial
institutions and banking firms.
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Table of Contents
I. Acknowledgement ................................................................................................................ i
II. Declaration...........................................................................................................................ii
III. Abstract...............................................................................................................................iii
IV. List of Figures..................................................................................................................... vi
V. List of Tables .....................................................................................................................vii
VI. List of Abbreviation..........................................................................................................viii
VII. Company Profile................................................................................................................. ix
1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................... 1
2. Asset Review and Learning ................................................................................................. 2
3. Asset Development .............................................................................................................. 3
4. Research Project................................................................................................................... 4
4.1 Project Title...................................................................................................................... 4
4.2 Introduction...................................................................................................................... 4
4.3 Literature Review............................................................................................................. 5
4.4 Objectives of the Project .................................................................................................. 8
4.5 Fundamental Variables Identified.................................................................................... 9
4.6 Steps involved in Financial Modeling............................................................................ 11
4.7 Data Analysis ................................................................................................................. 12
4.8 Methodology Used for Modeling................................................................................... 16
4.8.1 Modeling Procedure Used by Fama & French ....................................................... 16
4.8.2 Modeling Procedure Used in this Project ............................................................... 16
4.9 Panel Unit Root Tests..................................................................................................... 18
4.10 Panel Co-integration Test............................................................................................... 20
4.11 Developing Fixed One-Way Effect Model for Stock Valuation.................................... 21
4.11.1 Introduction to Fixed One-Way Effect Model........................................................ 21
4.11.2 Analysis and Modeling Using SAS ........................................................................ 22
4.12 Developing Fixed Two-Way Effect Model for Stock Valuation ................................... 27
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4.12.1 Introduction to Fixed Two Way Effect Model ....................................................... 27
4.12.2 Analysis and Modeling Using SAS (Fixed 2-Way Effect)..................................... 28
4.13 Developing Random One-Way Effect Model................................................................ 35
4.13.1 Introduction to Random One-Way Effect Model ................................................... 35
4.13.2 Analysis and Modeling Using SAS (Random One-Way Effect Model) ................ 36
4.14 Developing Random 2-Way Effect Model..................................................................... 40
5. Important Findings from the Models Developed............................................................... 42
6. Industrial Analysis ............................................................................................................. 44
6.1 Information Technology Sector ..................................................................................... 44
6.1.1 Overview of IT/Service Sector ............................................................................... 44
6.1.2 Porter‘s Five-Force Analysis for IT Sector............................................................. 44
6.1.3 Contribution of IT Sector to GDP........................................................................... 46
6.2 Construction Sector........................................................................................................ 46
6.2.1 Overview of Construction Sector............................................................................ 46
6.2.2 Porter‘s 5-Force Analysis for Construction Sector................................................. 47
6.2.3 Contribution of Construction Sector towards GDP ................................................ 48
7. Valuation of Stocks Using the Proposed Model................................................................ 49
8. Limitations of the Study..................................................................................................... 51
9. Conclusion and Recommendations.................................................................................... 52
10. References and Sources of Data ........................................................................................ 53
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IV. List of Figures
Figure 4-1: CAPM Regression Line ............................................................................................... 6
Figure 4-2: Steps Involved in forming an Econometric Model .................................................... 11
Figure 4-3: SAS Data Screenshot ................................................................................................. 14
Figure 4-4: Histogram Normality Test for the Residuals (Fixed 2 Way Effect) .......................... 35
Figure 6-1: IT Service Revenue Growth....................................................................................... 45
Figure 6-2: Service Sector Growth Rate Graph............................................................................ 46
Figure 6-3: Revenue Growth of Construction Sector ................................................................... 48
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V. List of Tables
Table 4-1: List of Sample Companies .......................................................................................... 13
Table 4-2: Data Summary Statistics ............................................................................................. 15
Table 4-3: Levin, Lin and Chu Unit Root Test............................................................................. 20
Table 4-4: KAO Cointegration Test ............................................................................................. 21
Table 4-5: Fit Statistics for Fixed One-Way Effect Model........................................................... 22
Table 4-6: Parameter Estimates for Fixed One Way Effect ......................................................... 25
Table 4-7: Chow Test (F-Test) for Fixed One Effect Model........................................................ 27
Table 4-8: Redundant Fixed Effect Test....................................................................................... 28
Table 4-9: Fit Statistics for Fixed 2-Way Effect Model ............................................................... 29
Table 4-10: Parameter Estimates for Fixed One Way Effect ....................................................... 32
Table 4-11: F-test for Fixed 2 Way Effect Model ........................................................................ 34
Table 4-12: Fit Statistics for Random 1-Way............................................................................... 37
Table 4-13: Variance Component Estimates ................................................................................ 37
Table 4-14: Parameter Estimates for Random One Way Effect Model........................................ 37
Table 4-15: Hausman Test for Correlated Random Effects.......................................................... 40
Table 4-16: Fit Statistics for Random 2 Way Effect Model......................................................... 40
Table 4-17: Parameter Estimates for Random 2-Way Effect Model............................................ 41
Table 4-18: Hausman Test for Random 2 Way Effect ................................................................. 41
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VI. List of Abbreviation
ADM Application Development and Maintenance
CAPM Capital Asset Pricing Model
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GLS Generalized Least Squares
LLC Levin, Lin and Chu (Test)
LSDV Least Square Dummy Variable
Mkt Market Capitalization
NSE National Stock Exchange
P/E Price to Earnings Ratio
OLS Ordinary Least Squares
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VII. Company Profile
Tata Consultancy services (TCS) is one of the leading IT Consultancy companies in the world.
TCS is providing its expertise to many of the world‘s largest companies in the areas of IT
Services, Business Solutions, Outsourcing and Consultancy. TCS provides a comprehensive
range of services & solutions for the clients to focus on their core businesses. Such engagements
require extensive and updated knowledge of client business domain.
TCS has the lineage of Tata Group, one of India‘s largest industrial conglomerates and most
respected brands. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT and IT-enabled services
delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™, recognized as the benchmark of
excellence in software development. TCS has over 170,000 of the world's best trained IT
consultants in more than 50 countries. Financial Information: Revenue of over $8.2 billion (fiscal
year 2010-11).
TCS is headquartered in Mumbai, and operates in more than 50 countries and has more than 170
offices across the world. Mr. Natarajan Chandrasekaran is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
and Managing Director of the company. TCS is the world‘s first organization to achieve an
enterprise-wide Maturity Level 5 on CMMI® and P-CMM® based on SCAMPISM, the most
rigorous assessment methodology. TCS helps clients optimize business processes for maximum
efficiency and galvanize their IT infrastructure to be both resilient and robust. TCS offers variety
of solutions like IT Services, IT infrastructure services, Enterprise solutions, Consulting,
Business process outsourcing and Business process outsourcing.
TCS‘ global alliance mission in partnering with organizations is to ensure that TCS and the
Partner Organization derive the maximum benefit of our relationship, in terms of services and
products growth. TCS has the depth and breadth of experience and expertise that businesses need
to achieve business goals and succeed amidst fierce competition. TCS helps clients from various
industries solve complex problems, mitigate risks, and become operationally excellent. Some of
the industries it serves includes Banking and financial services, Insurance, Telecom,
Government, Media and information services.
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Above 40% of the revenue generated by the gamut of services provided by TCS is contributed by
the Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) vertical. More than 33% of the total
employees of TCS are working on the BFSI projects. Hence in view of the role of BFSI and the
employees working on such projects, Financial Technology Centre (FTC) was formed.
To build such domain knowledge, TCS piloted FTC in July 2005 focusing on Banking and
Financial Services (BFS). The success of FTC prompted expansion into other industries in mid-
2007, including Insurance, e-governance, and Telecom, Life sciences & Healthcare, Energy
resources & utilities, Retail, Manufacturing, Hi-tech, and Travel Transportation & Hospitality.
FTC got re-christened as TCS Business Domain Academy (TBDA) during April 2009 and is
now creating assets for other industry.
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1. Introduction
This report is an analysis for all the work done at the TCS TBDA department, under the SIP
program of IBS College, Hyderabad. The report starts with discussing the working of TBDA
asset development processes. It critically highlights the important drivers of the process. The
project consists of the following three tasks:
Asset Review and Learning
Asset Development
Research Project
For doing the asset review and development stringent TCS Quality norms were followed and
there was a strict adherence to the Integrated Quality Management System (iQMS TM
). These
tasks have been carried out as per schedule.
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2. Asset Review and Learning
In this first phase, the review of the existing Assets is done for further additions and error
rectifications, if any. Asset review requires understanding the asset in a comprehensive way.
Asset learning and related background reading is a prerequisite to asset review. The major
objective of the asset review is to check for the consistency of subject in terms of concept and
matter. Based on asset learning, further additions to the existing asset are done if any
drawback in the conceptual understanding of asset is found.
The course assigned for review is ―Program in Equity Research and Trading‖. It has been
restructured after the merger of 2 previous certification courses for the new Business
Analysis Certification Program. This course gives the basic details about the various aspects
of the Equity Research and Electronic Trading like Technical and Fundamental Analysis,
Equity Risk Management, Electronic Trading, Algorithm Trading, Accounting of Stocks,
Direct Market Access, NASDAQ and NYSE Trading, Custody and Asset Servicing,
Commodity Online Trading. A total of 17 chapters had been assigned along with their
corresponding PowerPoint Presentations for review. The list of tasks done during the Asset
Review is mentioned as below:
In most of the chapters, some modification (addition of more points) was done as per the
requirements.
The change in the sequence of the chapters in the above assigned course has been done.
A great care has been taken to remove the plagiarism. All that have been removed and
rewritten freshly to remove the plagiarism almost completely.
All the 17 Power Point Presentations for the above chapters have been reviewed.
Re-formatting of all the Chapters and the corresponding PPTs have been finished for the
above mentioned Certificate Program as per the new template of TCS Business Domain
Academy.
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3. Asset Development
Asset development deals with developing the new certification course for the TCS
employees. A course outline for the subject is prepared and then chapters are prepared
following the course outline. The work done in this phase is the main contribution to the TCS
Business Domain Academy. Through this phase, new Assets or the certification courses are
being added in the Organization‘s already existing assets.
Following is the list of tasks performed during Asset Development Phase:
One Complete Chapter on Credit Management has been re-written completely.
The task of preparing questions for the US Mortgage Course has been completed. Four
chapters were assigned for the course. A total of 85 questions have been developed for
these chapters.
The course assigned for the Asset Development is United Kingdom Mortgage Industry. A
total of five chapters have been developed for this course.
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4. Research Project
4.1 Project Title
Development of Market-Wide Stock Valuation Model (Extension of Fama & French Model)
and an Industry Analysis of IT and Construction Sector in India Using the Proposed Model.
4.2 Introduction
The Domain of this project is Financial Econometrics. Market Anomalies have always been
the subject of great interest of financial research scholars as these create huge opportunities
for high gains that can be earned by profitable investment decisions based on historical
information. This project also serves the same purpose and interest. The project focuses on
developing a Market-Wide Stock Valuation Model to calculate the expected return from a
stock. This project is basically an extension of Fama and French 3-factor model which itself
is an extension of Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). In 2004, Fama and French suggested
that there can be various other factors which can affect the stock returns. In this project, the
focus will be to find and study the various other fundamental factors which affect the
expected return from a stock which were not taken into consideration in 3-factor model.
Financial econometrics in stock valuation is focused mainly on developing models that can
be used with same effect for all potential firms under normal financial circumstances. These
models are used to determine the stock return of a company with greater accuracy. The
approach used for the generation of model is an advanced technique used in the field of
econometrics. This approach is of panel regression technique which is used for panel data.
The panel regression technique is one of the most advanced regression technique which is
used very extensively if data allows doing so. It is still in evolving stage. In simplest terms,
―panel data‖ refers to the pooling of observations on a cross-section of households or
individuals, countries, firms over several time-periods. Panel data has lots of advantages of
simple cross-sectional data or the time-series data.
In this modeling procedure, the main objective is to develop a market-wide stock valuation
model which can calculate the expected stock return of an individual stock with the help of
various fundamental variables which will be discussed in details in the following sections.
This model will basically tell how these fundamental accounting variables of a company are
related to its expected return.
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The model that will be developed will be actually a ―Risk-Based‖ model just like the CAPM
or Fama French 3-factor model. The coefficient or the slope attached to the independent
fundamental variables considered actually indicates about the risk involved with that variable
when an investor consider that fundamental variable for his investment decision for a
particular stock. The another category of general stock valuation model is discounted cash
flow models like dividend discount model, FCFE model, which do not consider the risk
factor.
After the development and the statistical testing of the model, the second phase of the project
is the practical implementation of the model developed. In the second part, the main objective
will be to check for the practical implementation of the proposed model. The valuation of 2
companies in 2 main Indian Sector: Information Technology and Civil Engineering
(Construction) will be done by both the models after the complete Industrial Analysis of the 2
concerned Sectors.
4.3 Literature Review
Stock valuation has primarily been focused on the use of CAPM which was developed by
William Sharpe (1964), John Lintern (1965) and others. This model used the systematic risk
i.e. variation to the market and the risk free rate to develop a simple linear model for expected
stock return.
The CAPM equation for expected stock returns is shown as below:
E (Ra) = R+ βim (E (Rm) - Rf) (Eq-4.1)
Where,
Rf = Risk Free Rate
βim = Beta of Security
E (Rm) = Expected Market Return
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The regression function of CAPM equation is shown in following Figure 4-11
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Figure 4-1: CAPM Regression Line
Miller (1999) stated that CAPM has not only emphatically explained new and powerful
insight into the nature of the risk involved, but also through its empirical investigation
contributed to the development of the finance and to major innovation in the field of financial
econometrics.
Following the study of CAPM, there have been various empirical studies that tested this
model and in later years it has been found that there are influences beyond the market which
affect the stock returns. These studies suggested that single factor model is not that capable to
calculate and predict the expected return of an asset.
Fama and French (Journal of Finance, Vol.XLVII, No.2, June 1992) developed a 3-Factor
model in their landmark paper published in 1992. In their study, they empirically examined
the joint role of market return, firm‘s size (market capitalization), firm‘s book-to-market
equity (BE/ME) ratio, in the cross-section of average stock returns using a multifactor
approach.
Fama and French, through their Research, concluded that the systematic risk represented by
security beta (β) does not have any significant effect on the expected stock return. They
actually found in their observations and analysis that there was a simple linear relation
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between the average stock returns and the market β during the early periods of 1926-1968 but
this relation became very weak in the later periods of 1963-1990.
Fama and French took three main factors in their analysis. These were relative size of the
firm (market capitalization), relative book-to-market value ratio and beta of the assets. In this
paper, they showed that the relative size of the firm and the book to market ratio were highly
correlated with the expected stock returns in their considered time frame 1963-1990.
The Fama and French 3-factors model is shown as below:
E (Ra) = α+ β1 (MKT) +β2 (SMB) +β3 (HML) (Eq-4.2)
Where,
MKT =Excess Return on Market Portfolio
SMB=the difference in returns between small-capitalization stocks and large-
capitalization stocks (size)
HML=the difference between the return from High Book-to-Market Value Firms
and that from Low Book-to-Market Value Firms
Following is the brief description of SMB and HML factors:
The SMB Factor: SMB is designed to measure the additional return investors have
historically received by investing in stocks of companies with relatively small market
capitalization. This additional return is often referred to as the ―size premium.‖
The HML Factor: HML has been constructed to measure the ―value premium‖ provided
to investors for investing in companies with high book-to-market values (essentially, the
value placed on the company by accountants as a ratio relative to the value the public
markets placed on the company, commonly expressed as B/M).
At present, there is considerable evidence from other world markets in support of Fama and
French 3-Factor model. However, much of the study has been limited to developed capital
markets. Kothari, Shanken and Sloan asserted that any robust multi-factor model must be
tested to work under a variety of conditions. Hence, there is a need for sample tests,
especially for emerging capital markets like that of India. Indian capital market is grossly
under-researched as far as the applicability of these CAPM or multi-factor models are
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concerned. There have been some empirical studies based on Fama and French model in
Indian markets. Some of these studies have suggested that Fama and French have worked
successfully in Indian context (Vaidyanathan and Chava, 1997; Marisetty and Vedpurishwar
2002; Mohanty, 1998, 2002; Sehgal, 2003; Connor and Sehgal, 2003). On the other hand, a
recent study carried by Manjunatha and Mallikakarjunappa (2006) reveal confounding
relationship among factors viz., market, size, and book-to-market (BE/ME) ratio and
portfolio return (dependent variable).
Fama and French (2004) suggest that there are multiple factors besides beta that impact stock
valuation and that are anomalous with the efficient market hypothesis.
There have been various attempts to develop a model which can be more robust and can be
used in more general sense. The more the complicate is the stock valuation model; the more
is it able to explain the complex business situations and its anomalies. A similar attempt was
made in paper named ―An Investigation of Stock Valuation Models: Market-wide & Industry
Factors” (Gary Mingle et. al, Golden Gate University, 2005).” The techniques used in this
paper were not adequate to develop a statistically justified and a more robust model.
The methodology used by Fama and French was more useful for the valuation of portfolios.
The CAPM is used extensively for individual stocks to calculate the expected stock return.
There has always been a need to develop a model which is capable of calculating the
expected stock returns from an individual stock. In a working paper on Estimation of
Expected Return: CAPM vs. Fama and French- Jan Bartholdy and Paula Peare—CAF,
2004(WP Series No.176), an attempt was made to modify the Fama and French 3-factor
model so that it can be used for individual stocks successfully.
The research on analyst forecast changes (Stickel 1991) and accruals (Sloan 1996) suggests
that there are many other factors which can act as an indication of earnings quality and are
not fully understood or factored into the valuation models as yet. These studies act as the
motivation for the base of this research project.
4.4 Objectives of the Project
The main objectives of the research project are mentioned below:
To study and identify the various fundamental variables which can or affect the expected
return of a stock.
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To develop a quantitative panel regression model using all the 4 techniques of panel
regression.
To identify which of these factors have the most predictive and explanatory power.
To do a brief industry analysis of information technology and construction industries
taking into consideration their role in Indian economy.
To find the intrinsic value of the stock using the above developed model.
4.5 Fundamental Variables Identified
The first objective has been completed by going through the various research papers, Journals
of finance, and fundamental analyst‘s reports. Through these sources and other analytical
studies, finally eight fundamental accounting variables have been identified, which can have
some effect on the expected stock returns that will be analyzed in modeling procedure. Three
of these variables are same as that in CAPM and Fama & French 3-factor model.
The rationale behind selecting the fundamental accounting variables is that these are the
numbers which may have the direct effect on an investor‘s investment decision. These
variables actually reflect the risk involved in investing in a particular firm, though it is not
always quite obvious. The fundamental analysis is always based on these accounting
variables only.
A brief description of all these variables along with their source has been discussed below:
Size: Market Equity (ME) stands as the proxy for the size of a firm. It is also termed as
the market capitalization which is equal to the product of market price per share and
number of shares outstanding. This factor has already been researched and analyzed by
many financial researchers especially, by Fama and French in 1992. Fama and French
concluded in their studies that there is a strong negative correlation between the size of a
firm and average expected stock returns. The results of their model supported the theory
that small cap companies outperform the big cap companies as far as the average
expected return is concerned. It means that there is a negative relation between market
capitalization (size) of a firm and the average stock return from that particular stock.
Book-to-Market Ratio: The book-to-market ratio attempts to identify undervalued or
overvalued securities by taking the book value and dividing it by market value. In general
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term, if this ratio is greater than one, then the stock is undervalued otherwise it would be
overvalued. Fama and French in their analysis showed that there seemed to be a strong
positive correlation between the average stock return and the BE/ME ratio in their
considered time-frame for the sample. This clearly supported the theory that an investor
higher returns from the value stocks (high BE/ME ratio) and this expectation is lower in
case of growth stocks (low BE/ME ratio).
Net Sales: This factor has been taken as a proxy for the prediction of average expected
stock returns by going through two or three different research papers. (i. Revenue and
Stock Returns- Narasimhan Jegadeesh & Joshua Livnat, 2004; ii. The Impact of Sales
and Income Growth on Profitability and Market Value Measures in Actual and Simulated
Industries- William C. House, University of Arkansas Michael E. Benefield, University of
Arkansas,1995). Apart from these sources, many fundamental analysts consider that the
sales growth of a company tends provide a positive impact on the expectation of an
investor from that particular stock.
P/E Ratio: When it comes to valuing a stock, the price/earnings ratio is one of the oldest
and most frequently used metrics. Although, it is a simple indicator to measure but it is
actually quite difficult to interpret. It is extremely informative in certain situations, while
it is next to meaningless other times. Fama and French suggested in their original paper
(1992) that, it can be an important accounting variable which can impact an investor‘s
expectations of return from a particular stock. There has been various research and studies
to justify it as a factor for the stock valuation.
Dividend Payout Ratio: There have been various arguments by different research
scholars regarding the effect of dividends on the stock prices. Dividend-discount models
supports the theory that the stock prices are determined by the amount of dividend paid
by a company. It is always expected by an investor that the stock of a company which is
giving high dividends must be available at discount price. A study has been conducted by
Fischer Black and Myron Scholes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to
develop a model which can show the effect of dividends paid by the company on its stock
price. In this project, the factor taken is dividend payout ratio rather than dividends as
dividends are absolute figures and are not comparable whereas, payout ratio can show the
relative effect and thus it is more interpretable. Lamont (1998) suggests that the dividend
payout ratio, defined as the ratio of dividends per share to earnings per share, has
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predictive power for future stock market returns. In particular, he argues that the dividend
payout ratio should be positively correlated with future returns, since high dividends
typically forecast high returns whereas high earnings typically forecast low returns.
Leverage Effect (Debt-to-Equity Ratio): A levered company is always considered as a
risky investment by any rational investor. More the leverage of a company is, more risk is
associated with that particular stock. Due to this higher risk involved in that stock, the
investor expects higher return from the stock.
Operating Profit to Book Value: The earnings ratios have also been an indication about
the performance and financial condition of any firm. EBIT or the operating profit can be
an important factor for stock valuation. Fundamental analysts of various equity research
firms emphasize seriously on this number for any company. To make it more
interpretable, in this analysis, the ratio operating profit to book value will be considered.
Excess Return on Market: It is already a much researched variable. In CAPM model, it
was the only factor considered for calculating the expected stock return. Later, Fama and
French also included it in their 3-factors model. It is equal to the difference between the
market return and the annual risk free rate of return.
4.6 Steps involved in Financial Modeling
Although there can be various different ways to go about the process of model building, a
logical and valid approach would be to follow the steps described in Figure 4-22
:
Figure 4-2: Steps Involved in forming an Econometric Model
Throughout the whole modeling, a great care has been taken to follow all these steps. As far
as the first 2 steps are considered, these have been already discussed in ‗literature review‘ and
2
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e, Introductory Econometrics for Finance, 2008
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‗fundamental variables identified‘ sub-sections. Rest of the steps will be discussed in detail in
following sections.
4.7 Data Analysis
Initially, the data for around 80-90 companies was collected from the Capitaline Database
and CMIE‘s Prowess database. The data of all the 3 financial statements (balance sheet,
income statement, and cash flows) of a company was collected for the time-frame of 10 years
from 2001-2010. The monthly data of stock prices of all these firms was also collected to
calculate the average return of that stock. The source taken for the collection of stock prices
was BSE and the yahoo finance online data.
Some of these firms whose book values were negative in any year in the considered time
frame were removed from the sample for the sake of data smoothening and better analysis.
The main reason to remove the companies with negative book value was that this model is to
be developed for normal financial situations. The firms with negative book value suggest that
their financial condition is pretty critical. Such firms could have involved the extreme values
in data points due to which these firms have not been included in final data sample. The firms
whose data was inconsistent and large number of extreme values were there have also been
removed from the final sample. The banking firms and the financial firms are also excluded
from the final sample because their fundamental variables have totally different
interpretations.
All the data used in this project is of secondary in nature and taken from public domain
sources mentioned above.
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Following are the main points of Data Analysis:
The final Sample considered for the modeling procedure is of 42 firms and time frame of
10 years. The name of the companies is listed in following Table 4-1:
1.ACC
2.Apollo Tires
3.Ashok Leyland
4.Asian Paints
5.BEL
6.Bharti Airtel
7.BHEL
8.BPCL
9.Castrol India
10.Cipla Ltd
11.GAIL
12.Gammon India
13.GlaxoSmithKline
14.Grasim Industries
15.HCL Technologies
16.HimachalFuturistic Communications Ltd
17.Hindalco
18.HPCL
19.HUL
20.Infosys Technology
21.IOCL
22.ITC Ltd
23.Jindal Steel & Power ltd
24.Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd
25.Maruti Udyog Ltd
26.NIIT Ltd
27.NTPC Ltd
28.ONGC Ltd
29.Polaris Software Ltd
30.Ranbaxy Labs Ltd
31.RIL
32.SAIL
33.Sterlite Industries Ltd
34.Sun Pharma Ltd
35.Tata Motors
36.Tata Steel
37.TATA Teleservices
38.TCS
39.TITAN Industries Ltd
40.UNITECH Ltd
41.Wipro Ltd
42.Zee Enterprises Ltd
Table 4-1: List of Sample Companies
The calculations of all the variables as mentioned above has been done for all the
companies for each year from Jan‘01 to Dec‘10 with the help of financial statements of
these companies. The calculations of the monthly Stock Returns has also been done for
each company and then the average has been taken for each year. This Historical return is
the ―dependent variable.‖
The data that has been considered will be arranged in panel form in both the econometric
software: SAS enterprise guide v3.0 and EVIEWS v7.0.
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The screenshot of the SAS for the data used for the analysis is shown in the following
Figure 4-3:
Figure 4-3: SAS Data Screenshot
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Following Table 4-2 shows the Statistic summary of the data sample taken in Eviews:
Workfile Statistics
Date: 02/04/09 Time: 03:45
Name: WORKED EVIEWS FILE
Number of pages: 1
Page: Untitled
Workfile structure: Panel - Annual
Indices: CROSSID x DATEID
Panel dimension: 42 x 10
Range: 2001 2010 x 42 -- 420 obs
Object Count Data Points
Series 12 5040
Coef 1 750
Total 13 5790
Table 4-2: Data Summary Statistics
Hence, the total number of panel observations is 42*10=420 and the total data points are
420*11=4620 (including the time-series id and cross-sectional ids).
The sample size taken for the modeling is quite sufficient to run regression. The
necessary condition of Normality has been taken care in the considered sample.
The panel data that will be used for the modeling is a balanced panel data. A balanced
panel is one which has same number of time-series observations for each cross-sectional
unit.
The data was first arranged in an excel file and then it was transferred in SAS Enterprise
Guide v3.0 for the analysis. For the panel data arrangement, the time-series code and the
cross-sectional codes have also been assigned. For the time-series for the year 2001 to
2010, the time-series id assigned is from 101 to 110 respectively. For the companies, the
cross-sectional ids taken are from 1 to 42.
For some of the variables, natural log transformation has been done just to normalize the
data for all the variables. It helps in increasing the normality of data if there is lot of non-
normality amongst the variables. The variables which are transformed into their natural
log are market capitalization, net sales, book-to-market ratio and P/E ratio. Even in Fama
and French, they took the log for market capitalization and BE/ME Ratio. The variables
selected for the log transformation are being finalized by running several regressions
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using different combination of log transformation. The better combination is finally
selected.
4.8 Methodology Used for Modeling
The technique that will be used for modeling is a bit complicated regression technique known
as panel regression technique. For generating and the testing of the model, 2 advanced
econometric software are used extensively. These are SAS Enterprise Guide v3.0 and
EVIEWS v7.0.
4.8.1 Modeling Procedure Used by Fama & French
Fama and French test involved a 2-step estimation procedure: First, they estimated the betas
(slopes or coefficients) in separate time series regressions for each firm (around 4000 firms)
and then, for each separate point in time, a cross-sectional regression of the excess returns on
the betas was conducted by them which then looked like as shown in following equation:
E (Rit) =E (R0t)+λMKTi*βMKT+λSMBi*βSMB+λHMLi*βHML (Eq-4.3)
Actually, Fama and French proposed estimating this second stage (cross-sectional) regression
separately for each time-period, and then taking the average of the parameters estimates to
conduct the hypothesis testing. It was a very cumbersome approach. The regression technique
used in their whole analysis was Ordinary Least Square (OLS) technique which is the most
basic technique of regression analysis. Though OLS is one of the most unbiased regression
techniques, there are several disadvantages when its application to panel data is concerned.
4.8.2 Modeling Procedure Used in this Project
The major and a very important part of the analysis of Fama and French 3-factor model tests
was that the betas that they used in the second stage was not the beta of the individual firms
rather it was the average beta of the portfolios that they made according to market
capitalization and book-to-market ratio. There were 6 portfolios in their analysis. Many
academicians use CAPM for calculating the returns for individual stock returns whereas for
portfolios‘ return calculation the Fama and French Model are preferred. In this paper, the
technique of panel regression will be used for modeling of Stock Valuation Equation for
Individual Stock Returns. Though, there are its own advantage of a valuation model used for
portfolios but it is always preferred that the model must be able to calculate the expected
stock return of an individual stock. There have already been some research by many scholars
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in which they have tried to modify or interpret the Fama and French model for individual
stocks (working paper on Estimation of Expected Return: CAPM vs. Fama and French- Jan
Bartholdy and Paula Peare—CAF, 2004).
The situation often arises in financial modeling where one has data comprising both time
series and cross-sectional elements, and such a dataset would be known as a panel of data or
longitudinal data. A panel of data embodies the information across both time and space
(cross-sections).
Econometrically, the setup of panel data regression model can be represented as below:
Yit = α+∑Nk=1 βk*Xit+uit (Eq-4.4)
Where,
Yit is the dependent variable, α is the intercept term, β is a (k * 1) vector of parameters
to be estimated on the exploratory variables, and Xit is a (1 * k) vector of observations
on the explanatory variables, t= 1,…..,T; i=1,2,…….,N.
The simplest way to deal with such data would be to estimate a pooled regression, which
would involve estimating a single equation on all the data together, so that the dataset for y is
stacked up into a single column containing all the cross-sectional and time-series
observations, and similarly all of the observations on each explanatory variable would be
stacked up into single columns in the X matrix. Then this equation would be estimated in the
usual fashion using OLS.
While it is indeed a simple way to proceed, and requires the estimation of few parameters
possible, it has some severe limitations. Pooling the data in such a way implicitly assumes
that the average values of the variables and the relationships between them are constant over
time and across all of the cross-sectional units in the sample.
The approach used by the Fama and French was a 2 step process in which they separately
estimated the time-series effects for each cross-sections (firms) and then the estimated
parameters were used as the independent variables and were regressed with the same
dependent variable i.e., the historical stock returns. But it is a very tedious approach and also
the technique is OLS which is bit sub-optimal for such type of analysis. If one is fortunate
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enough to have a panel of data at the disposal; there are important advantages to making full
use of this rich structure which are shown as below:
First, and perhaps most importantly, one can address a broader range of issues and tackle
more complex problems with panel data than would be possible with pure time-series or
pure cross-sectional data alone.
Panel data give more informative data, more variability, less collinearity among the
variables, more degrees of freedom and more efficiency.
Third, by structuring the model in an appropriate way, one can remove the impact of
certain forms of omitted variables bias in regression results.
Controlling of Individual Heterogeneity is achieved in Panel Data. Panel data suggests
that individuals, firms, states or countries are heterogeneous. Time-series and cross-
section studies not controlling this heterogeneity run the risk of obtaining biased results.
Panel data are better able to study the dynamics of adjustment. Cross-sectional
distributions that look relatively stable hide a multitude of changes. This drawback is
overcome in panel data.
Before applying any of the panel techniques, at first the data will be tested by some available
panel data test procedures which are discussed in following sections.
4.9 Panel Unit Root Tests
It is very important for any time-series data to pass this test. A unit root test tests whether a
time-series variable is non-stationary. Recent literature suggests that the panel-based unit root
tests have higher power than those based on individual time series. For the testing of the unit
root in a panel data, Levin, Lin and Chu (LLC3
) Test will be used using the EVIEWS v7.0.
The null hypothesis is that each individual time series contains a unit root against the
alternative that each time series is stationary.
LLC consider the following basic Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) specification:
∆yit = αyit-1+∑Pj=1 βij∆yit-j+Xit
’δ+εit (Eq-4.5)
Where the assumption is that α=ρ-1 (ρ are the autoregressive coefficients). So, the null
hypothesis of the test is written as:
3
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H0: α = 0
H1: α < 0
The LLC test is performed for each of the 9 variables (both dependent and independent).
Following Table 4-3 shows the LLC Unit Root Test Results for each of those variables:
Null Hypothesis: Unit root (common unit root process) is present.
Date: 04/29/2011 Time: 16:04
Sample: 2001 2010
Exogenous variables: Individual effects
User-specified lags: 1
Newey-West automatic bandwidth selection and Bartlett kernel
Total (balanced) observations: 336
Cross-sections included: 42
Series: RETURN
Method Statistic Prob.**
Levin, Lin & Chu t*
-
6.45613 0.0000
Series: ln (Book to Market value)
Method Statistic Prob.**
Levin, Lin & Chu t* -13.2298 0.0000
Series: Dividend Payout Ratio
Method Statistic Prob.**
Levin, Lin & Chu t*
-
15.3991 0.0000
Series: Leverage Ratio
Method Statistic Prob.**
Levin, Lin & Chu t*
-
12.4196 0.0000
Series: ln (Market Capitalization)
Method Statistic Prob.**
Levin, Lin & Chu t*
-
3.95747 0.0000
Series: Operating Profit to Book Value
Method Statistic Prob.**
Levin, Lin & Chu t*
-
4.37614 0.0000
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Series: Ln (P/E Ratio)
Method Statistic Prob.**
Levin, Lin & Chu t*
-
20.1611 0.0000
Series: Premium
Method Statistic Prob.**
Levin, Lin & Chu t*
-
7.52612 0.0000
Series: Ln (Sales)
Method Statistic Prob.**
Levin, Lin & Chu t*
-
7.83774 0.0000
** Probabilities are computed assuming asymptotic normality
Table 4-3: Levin, Lin and Chu Unit Root Test
The above Table for the unit root test tells that No Unit Root is present in any of the variable.
It means that the data for all the 9 variables are stationary.
4.10 Panel Co-integration Test4
Though it is not much required now to check for the co-integration test as the whole data is
stationary, to be on the safe side this test has also been applied for the panel data. For panel
cointegrated regression models, the asymptotic properties of the estimators of the regression
coefficients and the associated statistical tests are different from those of the time series
cointegration regression models. Following Table 4-4 shows the panel cointegration test
using the KAO (Engle-Granger based) cointegration Tests in EVIEWS:
Kao Residual Cointegration Test
Series: RETURN PREMIUM OPBV LNSALES LNPE LNMKT LNBTM DPO
DER
Date: 29/04/2011 Time: 01:42
Sample: 2001 2010
Included observations: 420
Null Hypothesis: No cointegration
Trend assumption: No deterministic trend
User-specified lag length: 1
Newey-West automatic bandwidth selection and Bartlett kernel
t-Statistic Prob.
4
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ADF -6.532121 0.0000
Residual variance 40.79466
HAC variance 16.48424
Table 4-4: KAO Cointegration Test
It is clear from the above output Table that the null hypothesis of no cointegration is rejected.
It means that all the variables are cointegrated (alternate hypothesis accepted) and therefore,
the regression of return on the other 8 independent variables is meaningful i.e., not spurious.
There are broadly 2 types of panel estimation techniques for the financial modeling. These
are fixed-effect and random-effect technique. In this paper, both these techniques will be used
extensively for the development of required model. The better and the statistically more
significant model will be used as the final model for the calculation of expected stock return.
4.11 Developing Fixed One-Way Effect Model for Stock Valuation
4.11.1 Introduction to Fixed One-Way Effect Model5
If the specification is dependent only on the cross section to which the observation belongs,
such a model is referred to as a model with one-way effects. The term ―fixed effect‖ is due to
the fact that, although the intercept may differ across the cross-section (here 42 companies),
each cross-section‘s intercept does not vary over time i.e. it is time-invariant. It should be
noted that the Fixed-Effect model given below assumes that the (slope) coefficients of the
regressors do not vary across individuals or over time. In equation (4.4), for fixed one-way
effect model, the specifications are given as below:
uit = μi + vit (Eq-4.6)
μi is used to encapsulate all the variables that affect Yit cross-sectionally but do not vary over
time. To allow for the (fixed effect) intercept to vary between companies, differential
intercept dummies technique is used. It is also termed as the Least Square Dummy Variable
(LSDV) approach. Then the model will look like as below:
Yi t = βxit + μ1D1i + μ2D2i + μ3D3i +· · · +μNDNi + vit (Eq-4.7)
5
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e, 2008
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Where, D1i is a dummy variable that takes the value 1 for all observations on the first entity
(e.g. Company ACC) in the sample and zero otherwise and similarly for other dummies.
4.11.2 Analysis and Modeling Using SAS
For generating the Fixed-One Way Model, SAS enterprise guide v3.0 has been used. During
the process of generating the model, the intercept term has been removed. The intercept term
(α) has not been included in the analysis so as to avoid the ‘dummy-variable trap’.
The regression analysis of the panel data generated by the SAS is shown one by one as below
in the following tables. Following Table 4-5 represents the fit-statistics of fixed One-way
effect model:
Fit Statistics
SSE 9078.1349 DFE 370
MSE 24.5355 Root MSE 4.9533
R-Square 0.3671
Table 4-5: Fit Statistics for Fixed One-Way Effect Model
The correlation (R2
) is 36.71% which is quite satisfactory.
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Parameter Estimates
Variable DF Estimate
Standard
Error t Value Pr > |t| Label
Debt to equity Ratio 1 1.295855 0.4719 2.75 0.0063 Debt to equity Ratio
Premium 1 0.76406 0.2571 2.97 0.0032 Premium
Table 4-6: Parameter Estimates for Fixed One Way Effect
Only the Alternative Hypotheses have been mentioned:
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Market Capitalization.
Market Capitalization: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= -4.79 Sig = .0001 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Net Sales.
Net Sales: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 2.92 Sig = .0037 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to BE/ME Ratio.
BE/ME Ratio: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 2.30 Sig = .0219 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to P/E Ratio.
P/E Ratio: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 4.06 Sig = .0001 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Operating Profit to Book Value.
Operating Profit to Book Value: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 1.27 Sig = .2045 > .05: Accept H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Dividend Payout.
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Dividend Payout: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= -1.19 Sig = .2358 > .05: Accept H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Debt to Equity Ratio.
Debt to Equity Ratio: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 2.75 Sig = .0063 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Premium (E (Rm) - Rf).
Premium: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 2.97 Sig = .0032 < .05: Reject H0
The final Fixed-One Way Effect Model for the Stock Returns is shown as below. In this
Regression, the cross-sectional dummy variables for the companies have not been shown
(available in Table 4-6) due to very large number (42 Dummies for Cross Section). So, only
the main factors will be mentioned:
Test Statistics for the Model:
In SAS Enterprise Guide, only F-Statistics (Chow Test) is available for the Fixed One-Way
Effect Model Test. This test checks whether the panel approach is necessary at all. It involves
the restriction that all the dummy variables have the same parameter (i.e. H0: μ1 = μ2 = · ·
· = μN).
E(Rit)=-2.07522*(ln(MKTit))+2.457405*(ln(Net-Salesit))+
0.63548*(ln(BE/MEit))+0.779547*(ln(P/Eit))+1.295855*(D/Eit)+0.
76406*(Premiumit) (A)
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The output result for this test generated by SAS is shown in the following Table 4-7:
F Test for No Fixed Effects and
No Intercept
Num DF Den DF F Value Pr > F
42 370 1.15 0.2459
Table 4-7: Chow Test (F-Test) for Fixed One Effect Model
H0: μ1 = μ2 = · · · = μN
Since, Pr (F-Stats) > 0.05 (p-value)
Therefore, H0 can’t be rejected.
Test results are not very satisfactory. It suggests that the model is not very robust.
This test suggests that simple OLS technique can also be implemented in the place of
Fixed One Way Effect.
Now referring to the steps shown in Figure 4-2, one can see that the step 4 is violated. So,
new estimation technique will be used for the modeling. There are 3 more broad techniques
left which will be used subsequently and the technique which will provide the most robust
and justifiable model will be used as the final model for the expected stock returns.
4.12 Developing Fixed Two-Way Effect Model for Stock Valuation
4.12.1 Introduction to Fixed Two Way Effect Model
A 2-way fixed effect model is the one when specification depends on both the cross section
and the time series to which the observation belongs. This technique allows for both entity-
fixed effects and the time-fixed effects within the same model. In this case the LSDV
equivalent model would contain both cross-sectional and time-dummies.
The specifications for Fixed One-Way Effect model are given as below:
uit = μi +λt+ vit (Eq-4.8)
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Here, μi is used to encapsulate all the variables that affect Yit cross-sectionally (cross-sectional
effect) and λt is used to encapsulate all the variables that affect Yit over the period of time
(time-effect). However the number of parameters to be estimated would now be k+N+T and
it would more complex. The model will look like as below:
Yit = βxit+μ1D1i +µ2D2i +μ3D3i +· · · +μN DNi + λ1D1t+λ2D2t +λ3D3t +· · ·
+λTDTt + vit (Eq-4.9)
Where, D1i is a dummy variable that takes the value 1 for all observations on the first entity
(e.g. Company ACC) in the sample and zero otherwise and similarly for other dummies. And
D1t is a dummy variable for the years that takes value 1 for all observations on the first entity
(e.g. year 2001).
4.12.2 Analysis and Modeling Using SAS (Fixed 2-Way Effect)
Before going for any further modeling using fixed effect approach, it is worth determining
whether the fixed effects are necessary or not by running a redundant fixed effects test in
Eviews. It is necessary because in the last process (cross-section fixed effect), the model
developed was not valid statistically. This test is not available in SAS, so EVIEWS is used
for this purpose.
Following Table 4-8 shows the test results of redundant fixed effects-likelihood ratio test in
EVIEWS:
Redundant Fixed Effects Tests
Equation: Untitled
Test cross-section and period fixed effects
Effects Test Statistic d.f. Prob.
Cross-section F 1.016128 (41,361) 0.4481
Cross-section Chi-square 45.871416 41 0.2773
Period F 27.462365 (9,361) 0.0000
Period Chi-square 219.056106 9 0.0000
Cross-Section/Period F 6.331763 (50,361) 0.0000
Cross-Section/Period Chi-square 264.457910 50 0.0000
Table 4-8: Redundant Fixed Effect Test
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From the output shown in above table, it is quite obvious that these are the time fixed-effect
which had a greater impact as compared to the cross-sectional fixed-effect. The output clearly
suggests that fixed effect model (especially time-fixed effect approach in this case) is a valid
approach rather than the pooled estimation approach.
The Table 4-9 shows the SAS outputs for the generated fixed two-way effect model:
Fit Statistics
SSE 5398.0873 DFE 361
MSE 14.9532 Root MSE 3.8669
R-Square 0.6237
Table 4-9: Fit Statistics for Fixed 2-Way Effect Model
The correlation (R2
) is 62.37% which is very good if one compare it with the previous
model’s correlation. The main reason of this increased R2
is the introduction of time-effect in
the estimation.
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Parameter Estimates
Variable DF Estimate
Standard
Error t Value Pr > |t| Label
TS7 1 0.604691 0.9200 0.66 0.5114 Time Series Effect 7
TS8 1 -13.566 3.7035 -3.66 0.0003 Time Series Effect 8
TS9 1 4.668113 1.1019 4.24 <.0001 Time Series Effect 9
ln Market Capitalisation 1 -0.912 0.3893 -2.34 0.0197 ln Market Capitalisation
ln Net Sales 1 0.927209 0.7209 1.29 0.1992 ln Net Sales
ln Book to Market value 1 0.54613 0.2490 2.19 0.0289 ln Book to Market value
ln P E 1 0.536006 0.1573 3.41 0.0007 ln P E
OPBV 1 0.286216 0.2232 1.28 0.2005 OPBV
Dividend Payout 1 0.02362 0.0114 2.08 0.0382 Dividend Payout
Debt to equity Ratio 1 1.1907 0.3754 3.17 0.0016 Debt to equity Ratio
Premium 1 3.463648 1.6715 2.07 0.0390 Premium
Table 4-10: Parameter Estimates for Fixed One Way Effect
Only the Alternative Hypotheses have been mentioned:
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Market Capitalization.
Market Capitalization: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= -2.34 Sig = 0.0197 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Net Sales.
Net Sales: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 1.29 Sig = 0.1992 > .05: Accept H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to BE/ME Ratio.
BE/ME Ratio: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 2.19 Sig = 0.0289 < .05: Reject H0
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H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to P/E Ratio.
P/E Ratio: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 3.41 Sig = 0.0007 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Operating Profit to Book Value.
Operating Profit to Book Value: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 1.28 Sig = 0.2005 > .05: Accept H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Dividend Payout.
Dividend Payout: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 2.08 Sig = 0.0382 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Debt to Equity Ratio.
Debt to Equity Ratio: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 3.17 Sig = 0.0016 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Premium (E (Rm) - Rf).
Premium: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 2.07 Sig = .039 < .05: Reject H0
From the above Hypothesis Testing Results, 6 out of the 8 considered Fundamental variables
are statistically significant. The relation of these variables with the Expected Stock Return is
supporting the theory also.
Final analysis of the model and the relationship of these variables will be discussed in detail
after selecting the final model.
The final fixed-two way effect model for the stock returns is shown as below. In this
regression, the cross-sectional and the time-series dummy variables for the companies have
not been shown (available in Table 4-10) due to very large number (42 dummies for cross
section, CS and 9 time-series dummies, TS).
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So, only the main factors will be mentioned in the final equation shown as below:
Test Statistics for the Model:
The Table 4-11 shows the SAS output for the F-statistic for the fixed two-way effect model:
F Test for No Fixed Effects and
No Intercept
Num DF Den DF F Value Pr > F
51 362 6.36 <.0001
Table 4-11: F-test for Fixed 2 Way Effect Model
In SAS enterprise guide, only F-Statistics (Chow Test) is available for the fixed two-way
effect model test. It involves the restriction that all the dummy variables have the same
parameter (i.e. H0: μ1 = μ2 = · · · = μN and λ1 = . . . = λT−1 = 0). This test basically
tests for the presence of the individual effects (cross-sectional effect) and the time-series
effect.
H0: μ1 = μ2 = · · · = μN=0 and λ1 = . . . = λT−1 = 0
Since, Pr (F-Stats) < 0.05 (p-value)
Therefore, H0 is rejected. It means that there is a significant presence of companies’ effect
(cross-sectional effect) as well as the time-series effect. Hence this model passes the required
test of its statistical validness. This model can be used as the measure of expected stock
return.
E(Rit)=-0.912*(ln(MKTit))+0.02362*(Div-PayoutRatio)+
0.54613*(ln(BE/MEit))+0.536*(ln(P/Eit))+1.1907*(D/Eit)+3.46364
*(Premiumit) (B)
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For more support, the histogram normality test for the residuals done in EVIEWS is also
shown as below in Figure 4-4:
Figure 4-4: Histogram Normality Test for the Residuals (Fixed 2 Way Effect)
As one can see that the null-hypothesis of non-normality of residuals has been rejected. It
means that the residuals are normally distributed.
4.13 Developing Random One-Way Effect Model
4.13.1 Introduction to Random One-Way Effect Model6
A One-way random effects model is when the specification depends only on the cross section
to which the observation belongs. In this case, the effects are random. A random effects
model is a regression with a random constant term. One way to handle the ignorance or error
is to assume that the intercept is a random outcome variable. The random outcome is a
function of a mean value plus a random error. As with fixed effects, the random effects
approach proposes different intercept terms for each entity and again these intercepts are
constant over time, with the relationships between the explanatory and explained variables
assumed to be the same both cross-sectionally and temporally.
In random effects models, the estimation framework considers that the constant term or the
intercepts for each cross-sectional unit (i.e., individual stocks) are assumed to occur from
common intercept term i.e., α plus a random variable εi that varies cross-sectionally but is
constant over time in case of one-way random effect estimation. εi measures the random
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fluctuations of each entity‘s intercept term from the ‗global‘ intercept term α. random effects
panel model can be written as:
Yit = α + βXit + ωit , ωit = εi + vit (Eq-4.10)
The main required assumption of this framework is that the error term (here only cross-
sectional error term) εi has zero mean and is independent of the cross-sectional error term
(vit). Also, the variance σ2
ε is constant and error-term is independent of the explanatory
variables (Xit).
In random-effect models, a generalized least squares (GLS) method is usually used for the
estimation. The transformation used in this GLS estimation procedure is to subtract a
weighted mean of the Yit over time (i.e. part of the mean rather than the whole mean). Then,
define the ‗quasi-demeaned‘ data as Yit
∗ = Yit – θYi
’
and Xit
∗ = Xit – θXi
’
, where Yi
’
and Xi
’
are
the means over time of the observations on Yit and Xit respectively. θ will be the function of
the variance of the entity-specific error term, σ2
v , and of the variance of the entity-specific
error term, σ2
ε
(Eq-4.11)
This transformation ensures that there are no cross-correlations in the error terms, but
fortunately it will be automatically implemented by the SAS or Eviews.
4.13.2 Analysis and Modeling Using SAS (Random One-Way Effect Model)
To improve the correlation, the intercept term has been removed from the analysis and the
estimation procedure.
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The fit statistics for random one-way model has been shown in the Table 4-12:
Fit Statistics
SSE 10152.0848 DFE 412
MSE 24.6410 Root MSE 4.9640
R-Square 0.2654
Table 4-12: Fit Statistics for Random 1-Way
The correlation (R2
) is 26.54% which is bit low as compared to the previous 2 fixed effect
models.
The estimated values of the variance component have been shown in the Table 4-13:
Variance Component Estimates
Variance Component for Cross Sections 0.46908
Variance Component for Error 24.51193
Table 4-13: Variance Component Estimates
These are the error terms (εi and vit) for Cross-sectional effects.
The parameter estimate table for the random cross-sectional effect is shown below in Table 4-
14:
Parameter Estimates
Variable DF Estimate
Standard
Error t Value Pr > |t| Label
ln Market Capitalisation 1 -0.80248 0.2212 -3.63 0.0003 ln Market Capitalisation
ln Net Sales 1 0.994676 0.2407 4.13 <.0001 ln Net Sales
ln Book to Market value 1 0.5719 0.1409 4.06 <.0001 ln Book to Market value
ln P E 1 0.4803 0.1430 3.36 0.0009 ln P E
OPBV 1 -0.06077 0.1348 -0.45 0.6524 OPBV
Dividend Payout 1 0.01694 0.0102 1.66 0.0976 Dividend Payout
Debt to equity Ratio 1 1.378936 0.3602 3.83 0.0001 Debt to equity Ratio
Premium 1 0.38896 0.2111 1.84 0.0461 Premium
Table 4-14: Parameter Estimates for Random One Way Effect Model
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Only the alternative hypotheses have been mentioned:
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Market Capitalization.
Market Capitalization: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= -3.63 Sig = 0.0003 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Net Sales.
Net Sales: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 4.13 Sig = .0001 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to BE/ME Ratio.
BE/ME Ratio: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 4.06 Sig = .0001< .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to P/E Ratio.
P/E Ratio: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t = 3.36 Sig = 0.0009 < .05
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Operating Profit to Book Value.
Operating Profit to Book Value: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= -0.45 Sig = 0.6524 > .05: Accept H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Dividend Payout.
Dividend Payout: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 1.66 Sig = 0.0976 > .05: Accept H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Debt to Equity Ratio.
Debt to Equity Ratio: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t= 3.83 Sig = .0001 < .05: Reject H0
H1: Expected Stock Returns are related to Premium (E (Rm) – Rf).
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Premium: H0: β = 0 vs. H1: β ≠ 0
t = 1.84 Sig = 0.0461 < .05: Reject H0
Following are the main points of hypothesis testing:
From the above hypothesis testing, one can see that 6 out of the 8 considered fundamental
variables are significant as far as their effect on the expected stock return is concerned.
Only 2 factors (Operating Profit to Book Value and the Dividend Payout Ratio) are
statistically non-significant.
All the rest of the factors are in line with the theory.
Also, the relationship amongst the dependent and the independent variables is consistent
with the previous 2 models (fixed effect models).
The 2 factors market capitalization and the book-to-market ratio which are taken from the
Fama and French 3-factor model are in line with the 3-factor model.
The detailed analysis of these factors will be done at the end of final model. The final random
one-way effect model for the stock returns is shown as below:
Test Statistics for the Model:
For the random effect models, Hausman Test for correlated random effects is used. A central
assumption in the random effect modeling is that the random effects are uncorrelated with the
explanatory variables. Hausman Test is used to check whether this assumption is valid or not.
If it is valid then the random effect model generated is statistically robust and valid. The
research question is whether there is significant correlation between the unobserved
individual-specific random effects and the regressors. If there is no such correlation, then the
random effects model may be more powerful and parsimonious. If there is such a correlation,
E(Rit)=-0.80248*(ln(MKTit))+0.994676*(ln(Net-Sales))+
0.5719*(ln(BE/MEit))+0.4803*(ln(P/Eit))+1.3789*(D/Eit)+0.38896
*(Premiumit) (C)
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the random effects model would be inconsistently estimated and the fixed effects model
would be the model of choice.
The test for this correlation is a comparison of the covariance matrix of the regressors in the
LSDV model with those in the random effects model. The null hypothesis is that there is no
correlation. If there is no statistically significant difference between the covariance matrices
of the two models, then the correlations of the random effects with the regressors are
statistically insignificant. The Table 4-15 shows the SAS output for the Hausman Test for the
Random One-Way Effect Model:
Hausman Test for Random Effects
DF m Value Pr > m
8 27.75 0.0005
Table 4-15: Hausman Test for Correlated Random Effects
H0=No Correlation between the Effects Variables and the regressors
Since the probability of m-statistic (0.0005) < 0.05, the null hypothesis is rejected and hence
the Random one-way Effect model fails the Hausman Test for correlated random effects.
Hence for the given panel data, this random one-way effect model is not applicable. Other
drawback is that the correlation is on the lower side.
4.14 Developing Random 2-Way Effect Model
Random two-way effect model was also run in SAS. Though the results are consistent with
the previous models but the correlation is very poor. It is only 13.73%. In this random 2-way
effect model, the intercept is allowed to vary both cross-sectionally and over time. The output
of SAS for the random 2-Way effect has been shown in Table 4-16:
Fit Statistics
SSE 6177.4940 DFE 412
MSE 14.9939 Root MSE 3.8722
R-Square 0.1373
Table 4-16: Fit Statistics for Random 2 Way Effect Model
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The estimated parameters for random 2-way effect models have been shown in the Table 4-
17:
Parameter Estimates
Variable DF Estimate
Standard
Error t Value Pr > |t| Label
ln Market Capitalisation 1 -0.53011 0.1869 -2.84 0.0048 ln Market Capitalisation
ln Net Sales 1 0.415231 0.1946 2.13 0.0334 ln Net Sales
ln Book to Market value 1 0.33103 0.1306 2.53 0.0116 ln Book to Market value
ln P E 1 0.347632 0.1099 3.16 0.0017 ln P E
OPBV 1 -0.04936 0.1032 -0.48 0.6326 OPBV
Dividend Payout 1 0.0207 0.00779 2.66 0.0082 Dividend Payout
Debt to equity Ratio 1 1.298293 0.2787 4.66 <.0001 Debt to equity Ratio
Premium 1 0.412065 0.3403 1.21 0.0226 Premium
Table 4-17: Parameter Estimates for Random 2-Way Effect Model
The Hausman test for the Random effects done by the SAS is shown in the following Table
4-18:
Hausman Test for Random
Effects
DF m Value Pr > m
8 14.37 0.0727
Table 4-18: Hausman Test for Random 2 Way Effect
Though this model passes the Hausman Test for the correlated random effects, the correlation
is pretty poor. This model will not be used in the final model description and analysis.
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5. Important Findings from the Models Developed
The important findings of the Research Project are mentioned as below:
Seven out of total number of 8 Fundamental Variables taken into considered have been
found to be significantly affecting the Expected Stock Returns (combined in both the
models).
The log transformation of certain variables has improved the model significantly and also
it has helped to avoid the serial correlation within the variables as shown in tests
conducted above.
The results show that the effect of market capitalization (size factor) and BE/ME (value
factor) is in line with the Fama and French 3-factor model.
The Factors that are positively and correlated to the expected stock returns are excess
market return (premium), debt to equity ratio, net sales, P/E Ratio, BE/ME ratio and
dividend payout ratio. Only the size factor (market capitalization) is negatively correlated.
The hypothesis results for Premium, Debt to Equity Ratio, Book to Market Ratio, Net
Sales (Revenue), Dividend Payout Ratio and the Market Capitalization are also
supporting the theory of their possible effect on the expectation of stock return.
The size factor is negatively correlated with the expected stock return and according to
the theory and the Fama and French 3-factor model analysis; it is true that small cap
companies always outperform the large cap companies.
The value factor (book to market Ratio) is positively correlated with the expected stock
return which is justified in theory also as one knows that expectations of an investor from
a value firm (high book to market value i.e., undervalued stock) is always higher.
Positive growth in the revenues of a firm always indicates the positive condition of that
firm leading to the higher expectations from that stock as far as the returns are considered.
The results show that higher P/E ratio has the positive impact on the expected stock return
from that stock.
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Dividend payout ratio is also positively related to the expected stock returns. According
to Lamont (1998) dividend payout ratio, defined as the ratio of dividends per share to
earnings per share, should be positively related to the future returns.
As per the results, leverage effect (debt to equity ratio) is positively related to the
expected stock return. If a firm is a highly levered firm, then the risk associated with it is
also high. Due to this associated risk, a rational investor expects more return from that
stock.
Instead of the coefficient generated by the 2 models for the premium (difference between
market return and the risk free rate), it is suggested to use the systematic risk i.e., beta of
the respective stock.
With the help of panel data, the models developed are bit complex but these can have
better predictive power as compared to the previously developed less complex models
like CAPM single factor model.
Fixed Effect model is showing more predictive power as compared to the random effect
model and if the dummy variables are also included in this model, then it can better
calculate the expected return of a particular stock. Only problem is that in this case, the
number of companies considered is only 42.
The residual normality test shown in Figure 4-4 and suggest that the assumption of normal
distribution of the residuals is maintained by the panel data modeling used in the analysis
in both the models. It is very important assumption in financial modeling.
All the steps of the financial modeling shown in Figure 4-2 have been followed strictly.
These steps helped to follow a logical order to develop a complex model for stock
valuation.
Now in the phase 2 of this project the remaining objectives will be considered and the
valuation of 2 companies in 2 sectors i.e., IT sector and the construction sector will be done.
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6. Industrial Analysis
6.1 Information Technology Sector
6.1.1 Overview of IT/Service Sector7
India stands out for the size and dynamism of its Information Technology and services sector.
The contribution of the services sector to the Indian economy has been manifold: a 55.2 per
cent share in gross domestic product (GDP), growing by 10 per cent annually, contributing to
about a quarter of total employment, accounting for a high share in foreign direct investment
(FDI) inflows and over one-third of total exports, and recording very fast (27.4 per cent)
export growth through the first half of 2010-11.
In India, information technology is still the fastest growing segment, both in terms of
production and exports. With complete de-licensing of the electronics industry with the
exception of aerospace and defense electronics, and along with the liberalization in foreign
investment and export-import policies of the entire economy, this sector is not only attracting
significant attention as an enormous market but also as a potential production base by
international companies.
As a proportion of national GDP, the sector revenues have grown from 1.2 per cent in
FY1998 to an estimated 5.8 per cent in FY2009. Net value-added by this sector, to the
economy, is estimated at 3.5-4.1 per cent for FY2009.
6.1.2 Porter’s Five-Force Analysis for IT Sector
The Porter‘s five-force analysis for IT sector is as follows:
Supply: There is an abundant supply across segments, mainly towards the lower-end,
such as Application Development and Maintenance (ADM). It is lower in higher-end
areas like IT/business consulting, but the competition is very stiff in this area.
Demand: Due to the global downturn of year 2008, the global IT spending is expected to
continue to face pressure. However, growth remains good in fast-growing economies
such as India and China.
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Barriers to Entry: At the lower end, the barriers to entry are low. Especially, in the ADM
segment this is prone to easy commoditization relatively. It is high mainly in high-end
services like IT/business consulting where-in domain expertise creates a barrier. The size
of a particular company/scalability and brand-image also creates barriers to entry, as these
firms have built up long-term relationships with major clients.
Bargaining powers of Suppliers: The bargaining power of suppliers is low, due to intense
competition (oversupply), particularly in the lower-end ADM space. The scope of
differentiation is also very low which another reason for low bargaining power.
Bargaining power is high, at the higher end of the value chain.
Bargaining power of Customers: High, mainly due to intense competition among
suppliers/vendors. However, it is lower in higher-end services like consulting and
package implementation.
Competition: Competition is global in nature and stretches across boundaries and
geographies. It is expected to intensify due to the attempted replication of the Indian off
shoring model by MNC IT majors and as well as small startups. Following Figure 6-1
shows the IT/Service Sector Revenue growth in terms of export and import:
Figure 6-1: IT Service Revenue Growth8
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Source: RBI Database, http//dmie.rbi.gov.in
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6.1.3 Contribution of IT Sector to GDP
The share of services in India‘s GDP at factor cost (at current prices) increased rapidly:
from 30.5 per cent in 1950-51 to 55.2 per cent in 2009-10. If construction is also included,
then the share increases to 63.4 per cent in 2009-10.
The services sector growth was significantly faster than the 6.6 per cent for the combined
agriculture and industry sectors annual output growth during the same period. In 2009-10,
services growth was 10.3 per cent and in 2010-11 (advance estimates—AE) itwas 10.70 percent.
India‘s services GDP growth has been continuously above overall GDP growth, pulling up the
latter since 1997-98. Following Figure 6-29
shows the Service Sector growth w.r.t. GDP
growth:
Figure 6-2: Service Sector Growth Rate Graph
6.2 Construction Sector
6.2.1 Overview of Construction Sector
The construction sector plates a pivotal role in the development of the Indian
economy. It is second only to agriculture in terms of contribution to the GDP and
employment generation. More than 8% of the GDP is contributed and is expected to cross
10% in the coming 5 years. This is because of the chain of backward and forward linkages
that the sector has with other sectors of the economy. About 250 ancillary industries such
9
Source: RBI Database, http//dmie.rbi.gov.in