International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences

  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 9

Economic Value Added (EVA) as tool for Measuring Financial Performance

  • Author:
  • Mahesh U. Daru
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • DOI:
  • Page Number: 169 to 173

Head of Accountancy Department, Smt C.D.J Rofel Arts &Smt I.S.R.A Rofel Commerce College, Vapi, Gujarat

Abstract

EVA has become recent ideal tool of measuring the financial performance in the corporate world. It is used to find out how well a company is performing and what will be the financial strategy of the companies. Economic Value Added (EVA) was introduced and advocated by Stern Stewart and Co. in 1982. EVA has been using by many MNCs like Coca-Cola, Sprint Corporation and Quaker Oats Infosys etc. to find out the true profitability of their company. This paper is related with how EVA has become better tools of measuring financial performance over the conventional measures.

Keywords

Financial Performance, Performance, Measurement Tool, Conventional Measurement Tool, Economic Value Added