Nowadays, Investors, creditors, and managers need reliable and updated
index to measure the stockholders" wealth.
Having used these indexes,investors can decide on selling or keeping their
shares, and clereditor can analyze the risk of their investment and security. In
addition, managers will be able to measurethe performance of their
compames.
In order to evaluate the validity of this kind of indexes at Tehran"s stock
exchange, this research intends to investigate the relation between "created
shareholder value added" on one hand and OPERATIONAL cash flow, OPERATIONAL
profitrand economic value on the other hand.
Results of this research show that in those"listedcompanies at Tehran"s stock
exchange, the Eva (Economicc Value Added) index is more reliable to
forecast the created shareholder value. it Also shows shareholders how much
role or influence has management had in their added wealth.
Generally, this research shows that the traditional accounting indexes are
inadequate and cannot satisfy the investment markets and shareholders
requirements. EVA is an index that is more useful to assess the management
in terms of maximizing shareholder"s wealth.