Over 550 investment professionals gave us their views on the quality and their preferred frequency of corporate reporting. They told us the quality of reporting is key to their investment analysis. But they think companies could improve their reporting, particularly for non-GAAP and sustainability measures.
Investors like companies to report full financial statements and other quantitative information regularly. But they’d like companies to report qualitative information less often, unless something changes in the business.
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25% of investors investing in or following European-based companies, believe management is sufficiently transparent about the metrics they use internally to plan and manage their business. (Global average: 27%)
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43% of investors investing in or following UK-based companies, believe that companies do a good job of explaining their business models and how they make money. (Global average: 45%)
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34% of investors investing in or following US-based companies, believe that companies do a good job in linking strategic goals, risks, key performance indicators and financial statements. (Global average: 37%)
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Download our US findings50% of investors investing in or following the financial sector have enough trust in the information companies report to be confident in their analysis and decision making. (Global average: 38%)
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83% of investors investing in or following the healthcare sector typically review the annual report of the companies they follow or invest in. (Global average: 68%)
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79% of investors investing in or following the industrial sector say that understanding management’s view of potential risks and mitigation strategies is important for their analysis and decision making. (Global average: 84%)
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4% of investors investing in or following the technology sector, say their perception of the quality of a company’s reporting impacts their perception of the quality of its management. (Global average: 88%)
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