The Effect of Leverage on Shareholders’ Return: an Empirical Study on Some Selected Listed Companies in Bangladesh
European Journal of Business and Management ISSN 2222-1905 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2839 (Online) 1905 2222 Vol.5, No.3, 2013
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The Effect of Leverage on Shareholders’ Return: An Empirical Study on Some Selected Listed Companies in Bangladesh
Md. Abdullah Al Hasan1* Anupam Das Gupta2 Al1. Lecturer, Department of Finance and Banking, University of Chittagong. 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Banking, University of Chittagong. Email: anupam@cu.ac.bd. * E-mail of the corresponding author: hasan14882@yahoo.com mail Abstract Financial plan is one of the vital decisions of a firm because a financial plan affects the market value, cost of capital and shareholders return of a firm. The Proportion of Debt to Equity in the financial plan of a firm is called leverage. Since optimal debt ratio influences a firm’s market value and shareholder’s return, different firms use different debt different ratio at different levels to maximize market value and shareholders return. Numerous researches have been conducted over the years on these issues. Most of these empirical studies have been conducted on developed countries perspective. This study aims to investigate the effect of leverage on shareholders’ return i.e. Shareholders’ rspective. return in the form of EPS of some listed companies under four industries in Bangladesh. The study identifies the relationship between leverage and EPS. A simple regression model has been used for the pooled data of the selected EPS. listed companies in Bangladesh considering debt ratio as independent variable and EPS as dependent variable. The study results reveal leverage has statistically significant effect on the shareholders’ return and proper management of effect leverage can maximize the value of EPS Key words: Leverage, EPS 1.1 Introduction The financing decision is a significant managerial decision for a company. It influences the shareholders’ return and risk. Consequently the market value of the share may be
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The Effect of Leverage on Shareholders’ Return: An Empirical Study on Some Selected Listed Companies in Bangladesh
Md. Abdullah Al Hasan1* Anupam Das Gupta2 Al1. Lecturer, Department of Finance and Banking, University of Chittagong. 2. Assistant Professor, Department of Finance and Banking, University of Chittagong. Email: anupam@cu.ac.bd. * E-mail of the corresponding author: hasan14882@yahoo.com mail Abstract Financial plan is one of the vital decisions of a firm because a financial plan affects the market value, cost of capital and shareholders return of a firm. The Proportion of Debt to Equity in the financial plan of a firm is called leverage. Since optimal debt ratio influences a firm’s market value and shareholder’s return, different firms use different debt different ratio at different levels to maximize market value and shareholders return. Numerous researches have been conducted over the years on these issues. Most of these empirical studies have been conducted on developed countries perspective. This study aims to investigate the effect of leverage on shareholders’ return i.e. Shareholders’ rspective. return in the form of EPS of some listed companies under four industries in Bangladesh. The study identifies the relationship between leverage and EPS. A simple regression model has been used for the pooled data of the selected EPS. listed companies in Bangladesh considering debt ratio as independent variable and EPS as dependent variable. The study results reveal leverage has statistically significant effect on the shareholders’ return and proper management of effect leverage can maximize the value of EPS Key words: Leverage, EPS 1.1 Introduction The financing decision is a significant managerial decision for a company. It influences the shareholders’ return and risk. Consequently the market value of the share may be
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