Abstract:

Stock prices are one of the most important factors that affect the decision of the shareholders. Investor’s decisioning easily is possible by presenting the factors affecting stock prices correctly and meaningfully. The aim of this study is to determine the company concerned factors affecting stock prices. The stock prices of the firms which are between 2009:1 and 2015:2 periods in BIST Technology Index have been taken as dependent variables in this study. Leverage ratio, dividend payment ratio, earnings per share ratio, return on assets ratio, price/earnings ratio, net profit growing speed, capital stock increase speed, trading ratio and market/book value have been taken as independent variable. In the study least-square multiple regression model has been used. According to the results of the research, it can be suggested that the most important firm concerned factors affecting stock prices are market/book value and earnings per share ratio.

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