Results of studies on shareholder value performance measurements, 1991–2019
| Authors | Internal independent variable(s) | External dependent variable(s) | Result | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart (1991) | EVA, EPS, ROE and others | MVA | EVA | USA |
| Stern (1993) | EVA, ROE, cash flow growth, EPS growth, asset growth | MVA | EVA | USA |
| Lehn and Makhija (1996) | EVA, MVA, ROA, ROE | Stock return | EVA, MVA | USA |
| Milunovich and Tsuei (1996) | EVA, EVA growth, ROE, FCF | MVA | EVA | USA |
| O’Byrne (1996) | EVA, NOPAT, FCF | Market value÷ IC | EVA | USA |
| Bacidore, Boquist, Millbourn, and Thakor (1997) | REVA, EVA | Stock returns | REVA | USA |
| Biddle, Bowen, and Wallace (1997) | EVA, EBEI, RI, OCF | Market-adjusted stock returns | EBEI | USA |
| Chen and Dodd (1997) | EVA, change in EVA, ROC, SPREAD, capital GROWTH, EPS, ROA, ROE | Stock return | ROA, EVA | USA |
| Kramer and Pushner (1997) | NOPAT, EVA | MVA | NOPAT | USA |
| Bao and Bao (1998) | NI, EVA, value added | Equity value; share price | Value added (accounting) | USA |
| De Villiers and Auret (1998) | EPS, EVA per share | Share price | EPS | South Africa |
| Hall (1999) | EVA, discounted EVA, ROA, ROE, ROCE, EPS, DPS and others | MVA | EVA (same result as discounted EVA) | South Africa |
| Turvey, Lake, Van Duren, and Sparling (2000) | ROA, ROE, EVA, CAPM | Stock return | No significant relation | Canada |
| Fernandez (2001) | EVA, NOPAT, WACC | MVA | NOPAT | USA |
| Worthington and West (2004) | EVA, RI, NCF, EBEI | Stock returns | EVA | Australia |
| De Wet (2005) | EVA, CFO ÷ IC, ROA | MVA | CFO ÷ IC | South Africa |
| Ismail (2006) | EVA, RI, NI, NOPAT, OCF | Stock returns | NI, NOPAT | UK |
| Kyriazis and Anastassis (2007) | EVA, NI, OI | Stock returns; MVA | NI, OI | Greece |
| Chmelikova (2008) | EVA, ROA, ROE | Market value of equity ÷ equity | EVA | Czech Republic |
| Visaltanachoti, Luo, and Yi (2008) | CFO, EBIT, RI, EVA | Market-adjusted returns | EBIT | USA |
| Erasmus (2008) | CVA, EVA, RI, EBEI, CFO | Market-adjusted returns | RI | South Africa |
| Dumitru and Dumitru (2009) | CFO, EPS, DPS, EVA, ROA | MVA | CFO | Romania |
| Lee and Kim (2009) | EVA, REVA, MVA, CFO, ROA, ROE | Market-adjusted returns | REVA, MVA | USA |
| Maditinos, Sevic, and Theriou (2009) | EVA, EPS, ROI, ROE, SVA | Stock returns | EVA with EPS | Greece |
| Kumar and Sharma (2011) | EVA, NOPAT, OCF, ROE, ROCE | MVA | NOPAT, OCF | India |
| Abdoli et al. (2012) | EVA, RI | Created shareholders value | RI | Iran |
| Arabsalehi and Mahmoodi (2012) | EVA, REVA, MVA, SVA, EPS, ROE, ROA, Cash from operations, return on sales | Stock returns | ROA, ROE | Iran |
| Khan et al. (2012) | EVA, NI, OCF | Stock returns | OCF | Pakistan |
| Othman et al. (2012) | EVA | Stock returns | No or low relation | Malaysia |
| Bhasin (2013) | ROCE, ROE, EPS, EVA | MVA | ROCE, ROE | India |
| Nakhaei and Hamid (2013) | NI, OI, EVA | Share market value | NI, OI | Iran |
| Parvaei and Farhadi (2013) | EVA, FCF, RI, NI | Stock returns | EVA | Iran |
| Shubita (2013) | NI, RI, EVA | Stock returns | NI | Jordan |
| Aloy Niresh and Alfred (2014) | EVA | MVA | No significant relation | Sri Lanka |
| Panigrahi et al. (2014) | EVA, EPS, ROE, ROA, ROCE | Created shareholder value | EVA | Malaysia |
| Saji (2014) | EVA, cost of capital | Stock returns | EVA | India |
| Altaf (2016) | EVA, OI, FCF, EPS, ROA, ROCE and others | MVA | OI | India |
| Gupta and Sikarwar (2016) | EPS, ROA, ROE, EVA | Stock returns | EVA | India |
| Hall (2016) | EPS, ROA, NOPAT, EVA, ROCE | MVA | EPS, ROA, NOPAT | South Africa |
| Iroshani and Rajapakse (2016) | EPS, ROE, ROA | MVA | No relation | Sri Lanka |
| Al-Awawdeh and Al-Sakini (2018) | EVA, MVA, ROA, ROE, EPS | Shareholder value | ROA, EVA | Jordania |
| Obaidat (2019) | EVA, NOPAT, NCF | MVA | NCF | Jordania |
| Siburian and Yohanes (2019) | EVA, CFO, ROA, ROCE, ROE, Spread | MVA | CFO, EVA, ROA | Indonesia |
| Authors | Internal independent | External dependent variable(s) | Result | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVA, EPS, ROE and others | MVA | EVA | USA | |
| EVA, ROE, cash flow growth, EPS growth, asset growth | MVA | EVA | USA | |
| EVA, MVA, ROA, ROE | Stock return | EVA, MVA | USA | |
| EVA, EVA growth, ROE, FCF | MVA | EVA | USA | |
| EVA, NOPAT, FCF | Market value÷ IC | EVA | USA | |
| REVA, EVA | Stock returns | REVA | USA | |
| EVA, EBEI, RI, OCF | Market-adjusted stock returns | EBEI | USA | |
| EVA, change in EVA, ROC, SPREAD, capital GROWTH, EPS, ROA, ROE | Stock return | ROA, EVA | USA | |
| NOPAT, EVA | MVA | NOPAT | USA | |
| NI, EVA, value added | Equity value; share price | Value added (accounting) | USA | |
| EPS, EVA per share | Share price | EPS | South Africa | |
| EVA, discounted EVA, ROA, ROE, ROCE, EPS, DPS and others | MVA | EVA (same result as discounted EVA) | South Africa | |
| ROA, ROE, EVA, CAPM | Stock return | No significant relation | Canada | |
| EVA, NOPAT, WACC | MVA | NOPAT | USA | |
| EVA, RI, NCF, EBEI | Stock returns | EVA | Australia | |
| EVA, CFO ÷ IC, ROA | MVA | CFO ÷ IC | South Africa | |
| EVA, RI, NI, NOPAT, OCF | Stock returns | NI, NOPAT | UK | |
| EVA, NI, OI | Stock returns; MVA | NI, OI | Greece | |
| EVA, ROA, ROE | Market value of equity ÷ equity | EVA | Czech Republic | |
| CFO, EBIT, RI, EVA | Market-adjusted returns | EBIT | USA | |
| CVA, EVA, RI, EBEI, CFO | Market-adjusted returns | RI | South Africa | |
| CFO, EPS, DPS, EVA, ROA | MVA | CFO | Romania | |
| EVA, REVA, MVA, CFO, ROA, ROE | Market-adjusted returns | REVA, MVA | USA | |
| EVA, EPS, ROI, ROE, SVA | Stock returns | EVA with EPS | Greece | |
| EVA, NOPAT, OCF, ROE, ROCE | MVA | NOPAT, OCF | India | |
| EVA, RI | Created shareholders value | RI | Iran | |
| EVA, REVA, MVA, SVA, EPS, ROE, ROA, Cash from operations, return on sales | Stock returns | ROA, ROE | Iran | |
| EVA, NI, OCF | Stock returns | OCF | Pakistan | |
| EVA | Stock returns | No or low relation | Malaysia | |
| ROCE, ROE, EPS, EVA | MVA | ROCE, ROE | India | |
| NI, OI, EVA | Share market value | NI, OI | Iran | |
| EVA, FCF, RI, NI | Stock returns | EVA | Iran | |
| NI, RI, EVA | Stock returns | NI | Jordan | |
| EVA | MVA | No significant relation | Sri Lanka | |
| EVA, EPS, ROE, ROA, ROCE | Created shareholder value | EVA | Malaysia | |
| EVA, cost of capital | Stock returns | EVA | India | |
| EVA, OI, FCF, EPS, ROA, ROCE and others | MVA | OI | India | |
| EPS, ROA, ROE, EVA | Stock returns | EVA | India | |
| EPS, ROA, NOPAT, EVA, ROCE | MVA | EPS, ROA, NOPAT | South Africa | |
| EPS, ROE, ROA | MVA | No relation | Sri Lanka | |
| EVA, MVA, ROA, ROE, EPS | Shareholder value | ROA, EVA | Jordania | |
| EVA, NOPAT, NCF | MVA | NCF | Jordania | |
| EVA, CFO, ROA, ROCE, ROE, Spread | MVA | CFO, EVA, ROA | Indonesia |
Notes:
CAPM: capital asset pricing model; CFO: cash flow from operations; CVA: cash value added; DPS: dividend per share; EBEI: earnings before extraordinary items; EPS: earnings per share; EVA: economic value added; FCF: free cash flow; IC: invested capital; MVA: market value added; NCF: net cash flow; NI: net income attributable to ordinary shareholders; NOPAT: net operating profit after tax; OCF: operating cash flow; OI: operating income; REVA: refined economic value added; RI: residual income; ROA: return on assets; ROC: return on capital; ROE: return on equity; SPREAD: ROCE minus weighted average cost of capital, WACC; SVA: shareholder value added; value added: an accounting profit measure
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