The use of target prices to justify sell-side analysts' stock recommendations

Accounting Horizons

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-41

  Bradshaw, Mark T ^a  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Earnings forecasts; Long term growth; PEG; Price to earnings ratios; Sellside financial analysts; Stock recommendations; Target prices; Valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142220646     PISSN: 08887993     EISSN: 15587975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/acch.2002.16.1.27     Document Type: Article

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