Author(s):
Geetanjali Purswani, Anand Raj
Email(s):
geetanjali.purswani@christuniversity.in , samuelanandraj7@gmail.com
DOI:
10.5958/2321-5763.2018.00054.9
Address:
Geetanjali Purswani1*, Anand Raj2
1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Commerce, Christ University, Bengaluru-29
2PG Research scholar, Christ University, Bengaluru-29
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 9,
Issue - 1,
Year - 2018
ABSTRACT:
The investors are looking for companies that can add more to their wealth. It is important for companies to maintain good market value, this is possible only when the company strives to increase Econmic Value Add (EVA), better the EVA better the firm’s ability to meet its cost of capital. When company exceeds its Net Operating Profits over Cost of capital EVA will be positive. The company can increase the shareholders value only by enhancing EVA. On the other side the value of EVA is also determined by the decisions made by the firms on their capital structure. This study attempts to measure the relationship between Capital structure and EVA. Five Pharmaceutical companies listed in NSE have been taken and analysis is done for a period of five years (2013-2017) with the help ofMicrosoft Excel. To measure the relationship between Capital Structure and Economic Value Added and Regression analysis is done to measure the impact of Capital Structure on Economic Value Added. Results of the study reveals Capital Structure does not significantly impact on the value of EVA.
Cite this article:
Geetanjali Purswani, Anand Raj. Determining the impact of Capital Structure on Economic Value Added with reference to select Pharmaceutical companies listed in National Stock Exchange. Asian Journal of Management. 2018; 9(1):347-350. doi: 10.5958/2321-5763.2018.00054.9
Cite(Electronic):
Geetanjali Purswani, Anand Raj. Determining the impact of Capital Structure on Economic Value Added with reference to select Pharmaceutical companies listed in National Stock Exchange. Asian Journal of Management. 2018; 9(1):347-350. doi: 10.5958/2321-5763.2018.00054.9 Available on: https://ajmjournal.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2018-9-1-54