Effect of liquidity on company’s stock market performance

Thesis title: Effect of liquidity on company’s stock market performance
Author: Dereniuk, Valeriia
Thesis type: Diploma thesis
Supervisor: Brůna, Karel
Opponents: Dědeček, Radek
Thesis language: English
Abstract:
The asset liquidity plays an important role in investors’ decisions. The idea of the study is to investigate the impact of liquidity on companies’ stock return based on the stock and financial data of European companies from 2015 until 2018. Amihud’s illiquidity measure is used as a proxy for illiquidity and calculated as a weighted average of stock returns based on the traded volume. As controlling variables we used beta as a measure of systematic risk, stock risk, size of the company and book-to-market ratio. The statistical analysis was done on 152 companies that were selected for the final sample using the statistical software - Eview 11. We found that liquidity has a negative relationship with companies’ stock return. This results support the hypothesis of aversion towards illiquidity.
Keywords: Amihud; risk and return; stock return; liquidity effect
Thesis title: Effect of liquidity on company’s stock market performance
Author: Dereniuk, Valeriia
Thesis type: Diplomová práce
Supervisor: Brůna, Karel
Opponents: Dědeček, Radek
Thesis language: English
Abstract:
The asset liquidity plays an important role in investors’ decisions. The idea of the study is to investigate the impact of liquidity on companies’ stock return based on the stock and financial data of European companies from 2015 until 2018. Amihud’s illiquidity measure is used as a proxy for illiquidity and calculated as a weighted average of stock returns based on the traded volume. As controlling variables we used beta as a measure of systematic risk, stock risk, size of the company and book-to-market ratio. The statistical analysis was done on 152 companies that were selected for the final sample using the statistical software - Eview 11. We found that liquidity has a negative relationship with companies’ stock return. This results support the hypothesis of aversion towards illiquidity.
Keywords: liquidity effect; Amihud; risk and return; stock return

Information about study

Study programme: Finance and Accounting
Type of study programme: Magisterský studijní program
Assigned degree: Ing.
Institutions assigning academic degree: Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze
Faculty: Faculty of Finance and Accounting
Department: Department of Monetary Theory and Policy

Information on submission and defense

Date of assignment: 10. 10. 2019
Date of submission: 24. 5. 2020
Date of defense: 8. 6. 2020
Identifier in the InSIS system: https://insis.vse.cz/zp/71211/podrobnosti

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