Value relevance of Comprehensive Income: study of Spanish companies listed in IBEX 35

Abstract

This final degree project has as main objective to determine if global result (or comprehensive income) has more value relevance than traditional net income. The project employs price models and analyses listed groups of companies belonging to IBEX 35 index during the period 2015-2016. This project shows that both comprehensive income and net income present value relevance, as they have the expected effect on stock prices, but indicates that net income presents higher value relevance than comprehensive income. Also, opens the debate of whether adjustments included into other comprehensive income, could be used as a stabilizer, in other to reduce volatility and perceived risk.