Abstract:

Shareholder value maximisation has become very important for companies due to increased competition with globalization. The main objective of a company in financial terms is to maximize the value of its shareholders. However, traditional accounting-based performance measures are insufficient in this regard. Therefore, companies should be able to determine an appropriate measure to analyze their financial performance that reflects shareholder value. From this point of view, it is aimed to emphasize the importance of the Cash Flow Return on Investment (CFROI) and Economic Value Added (EVA) performance methods in maximisation the value of the shareholders. For the periods including the years 2015-2021 companies in the healthcare sector traded in Stock Exchange Istanbul (BIST) are analyzed. In the study, it is concluded that CFROI and EVA have a positive effect on stock returns of these companies but CFROI has bigger impact. Thus, the CFROI technique is the best measure of financial performance for shareholder value.

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