Mona Abednazari; Iraj Noravesh; Ebrahim Ebrahimi
Volume 10, Issue 39 , October 2013, , Pages 147-166
Abstract
Intrinsic value of a company depends on its financial and investment decisions. Companies with different investment opportunities are priced different in the market. The set of investment opportunities of companies are influenced by their current status in their life cycle.In this study, based on data ...
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Intrinsic value of a company depends on its financial and investment decisions. Companies with different investment opportunities are priced different in the market. The set of investment opportunities of companies are influenced by their current status in their life cycle.In this study, based on data from a sample of Tehran Stock Exchange listed companies during the period of 1385 to 1389, relationship between investment opportunities and earnings in according to corporate life cycle were examined.Results showed that there is a significant relationship between investment opportunities and earnings response coefficients. The results showed that the explanatory power of relationship between earnings and investment opportunities in companies differs with their life cycle stages. The companies that are in the growth phase of the life cycle, the relationship between earnings and investment opportunities is stronger than the companies that are in the recession phase of the life cycle.
