Metallurgy, Vol. 54 No. 1, 2015.
Review article
Risk, profitability and value of the leading steel producers on the world capital markets
I. Jonek-Kowalska
; Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Organization and Management, Zabrze, Poland
Abstract
The purpose of the article is an assessment of risk, profitability and value as well as the relationships between these parameters for fifteen leading steel producers in the world. The research methodology uses return on assets, beta coefficient and price/book value ratio (P/BV). The research results allow us to verify negatively two research hypotheses: H1 – The largest steel producers in the world achieve a high level of return on assets and are specific for a lower risk level than the branch one; and H2 – Market value of the leading steel producers with high return on assets is higher than the book value of these enterprises.
Keywords
steel producers; price/book value ratio; return on assets; beta coefficient
Hrčak ID:
126752
URI
Publication date:
1.1.2015.
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