Table 1.

Results of studies on shareholder value performance measurements, 1991–2019

AuthorsInternal independent
variable(s)
External dependent variable(s)ResultCountry
Stewart (1991) EVA, EPS, ROE and othersMVAEVAUSA
Stern (1993) EVA, ROE, cash flow growth, EPS growth, asset growthMVAEVAUSA
Lehn and Makhija (1996) EVA, MVA, ROA, ROEStock returnEVA, MVAUSA
Milunovich and Tsuei (1996) EVA, EVA growth, ROE, FCFMVAEVAUSA
O’Byrne (1996) EVA, NOPAT, FCFMarket value÷ ICEVAUSA
Bacidore, Boquist, Millbourn, and Thakor (1997) REVA, EVAStock returnsREVAUSA
Biddle, Bowen, and Wallace (1997) EVA, EBEI, RI, OCFMarket-adjusted stock returnsEBEIUSA
Chen and Dodd (1997) EVA, change in EVA, ROC, SPREAD, capital GROWTH, EPS, ROA, ROEStock returnROA, EVAUSA
Kramer and Pushner (1997) NOPAT, EVAMVANOPATUSA
Bao and Bao (1998) NI, EVA, value addedEquity value; share priceValue added (accounting)USA
De Villiers and Auret (1998) EPS, EVA per shareShare priceEPSSouth Africa
Hall (1999) EVA, discounted EVA, ROA, ROE, ROCE, EPS, DPS and othersMVAEVA (same result as discounted EVA)South Africa
Turvey, Lake, Van Duren, and Sparling (2000) ROA, ROE, EVA, CAPMStock returnNo significant relationCanada
Fernandez (2001) EVA, NOPAT, WACCMVANOPATUSA
Worthington and West (2004) EVA, RI, NCF, EBEIStock returnsEVAAustralia
De Wet (2005) EVA, CFO ÷ IC, ROAMVACFO ÷ ICSouth Africa
Ismail (2006) EVA, RI, NI, NOPAT, OCFStock returnsNI, NOPATUK
Kyriazis and Anastassis (2007) EVA, NI, OIStock returns; MVANI, OIGreece
Chmelikova (2008) EVA, ROA, ROEMarket value of equity ÷ equityEVACzech Republic
Visaltanachoti, Luo, and Yi (2008) CFO, EBIT, RI, EVAMarket-adjusted returnsEBITUSA
Erasmus (2008) CVA, EVA, RI, EBEI, CFOMarket-adjusted returnsRISouth Africa
Dumitru and Dumitru (2009) CFO, EPS, DPS, EVA, ROAMVACFORomania
Lee and Kim (2009) EVA, REVA, MVA, CFO, ROA, ROEMarket-adjusted returnsREVA, MVAUSA
Maditinos, Sevic, and Theriou (2009) EVA, EPS, ROI, ROE, SVAStock returnsEVA with EPSGreece
Kumar and Sharma (2011) EVA, NOPAT, OCF, ROE, ROCEMVANOPAT, OCFIndia
Abdoli et al. (2012) EVA, RICreated shareholders valueRIIran
Arabsalehi and Mahmoodi (2012) EVA, REVA, MVA, SVA, EPS, ROE, ROA, Cash from operations, return on salesStock returnsROA, ROEIran
Khan et al. (2012) EVA, NI, OCFStock returnsOCFPakistan
Othman et al. (2012) EVAStock returnsNo or low relationMalaysia
Bhasin (2013) ROCE, ROE, EPS, EVAMVAROCE, ROEIndia
Nakhaei and Hamid (2013) NI, OI, EVAShare market valueNI, OIIran
Parvaei and Farhadi (2013) EVA, FCF, RI, NIStock returnsEVAIran
Shubita (2013) NI, RI, EVAStock returnsNIJordan
Aloy Niresh and Alfred (2014) EVAMVANo significant relationSri Lanka
Panigrahi et al. (2014) EVA, EPS, ROE, ROA, ROCECreated shareholder valueEVAMalaysia
Saji (2014) EVA, cost of capitalStock returnsEVAIndia
Altaf (2016) EVA, OI, FCF, EPS, ROA, ROCE and othersMVAOIIndia
Gupta and Sikarwar (2016) EPS, ROA, ROE, EVAStock returnsEVAIndia
Hall (2016) EPS, ROA, NOPAT, EVA, ROCEMVAEPS, ROA, NOPATSouth Africa
Iroshani and Rajapakse (2016) EPS, ROE, ROAMVANo relationSri Lanka
Al-Awawdeh and Al-Sakini (2018) EVA, MVA, ROA, ROE, EPSShareholder valueROA, EVAJordania
Obaidat (2019) EVA, NOPAT, NCFMVANCFJordania
Siburian and Yohanes (2019) EVA, CFO, ROA, ROCE, ROE, SpreadMVACFO, EVA, ROAIndonesia

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

Source: Own compilation

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