Abstract In this study, we provide evidence on the pricing of other comprehen-
sive income (OCI) that differs from most evidence in prior research. Prior archival
research has largely concluded that OCI is not priced by investors. In contrast, we
provide evidence in the post-SFAS 130 period that OCI is priced on a dollar-for-
dollar basis as is predicted by economic theory for transitory income items. We
attribute this finding to our use of post-SFAS 130 as-reported measures of OCI
rather than pre-SFAS 130 as-if estimates of OCI measures. Furthermore, we doc-
ument that two components of OCI, foreign currency translation adjustment and
unrealized gains/losses on available-for-sale securities, are priced by investors. In
the post-SFAS 130 period, we also find that the type of financial statement in which