Asset Valuation and Firm Capitalization of Consumer Goods Manufacturing Companies Quoted in Nigeria (Published)
Capitalization enables firms from around the world to be able to evaluate how effective the investments of any company are thus making it an important variable to be considered when making an investment decision. To ascertain a firm’s market value or capitalization, assets need to be valued among other measures that need to be undertaken. Thus necessitating this research work on Asset Valuation and Firm Capitalization of Consumer Goods Manufacturing Companies Quoted in Nigeria. For this study, the adopted research design was Ex-post facto. The study’s main objective was to investigate asset valuation’s effect on Consumer Goods Manufacturing Companies’ capitalization. The study’s population is 52 manufacturing companies as quoted on the Nigeria Stock Exchange as of 31st December 2020 out of which 12 were purposively selected. Audited annual reports of the companies that were sampled formed the source of Data collected for this study for a period of 10 years (2011 – 2020). Data for this study were analyzed with the aid of descriptive and inferential statistics and the outcome showed that asset valuation significantly affects firm capitalization. This is seen in the Adj.R2 = 0.312126 and F-Statistics = 26.41023 and P-value of 0.000000 values. The conclusion of this study thus is that asset valuation has a significant effect on firm capitalization Consumer Goods Manufacturing Companies Quoted in Nigeria. The study recommended that firm Managers should give due attention to asset management and valuation to ensure a positive and significant impact on firm capitalization while investors are advised to ensure that the assets of a firm are properly valued to ensure fair firm capitalization before embarking on investment commitment.
Keywords: Investment Decision, Market Value, asset valuation, consumer goods, firm capitalization
The Strategic Perspective of Intellectual Capital Accounting and Increased Market Value to Business Organizations in the Knowledge Society (Published)
The importance of this study status enjoyed by the accountant in creating additional positive flows directly, and indirect contribution in rising in the capital markets through the creation of an enabling environment capable of overcoming the problems facing professional activities and services for accountants and insurance company and shareholder requirements efficiently and effectively. This development led to a change in the Outlook for accounting work which was considered a service center because it was limited to logging operations and Fund, and with modern developments have changed the perception of the accounting strategy as a profit center and Given to the accountant of suggestions for alternatives to investment and finance operations and undermine the risk gap as a missed in negotiating with all parties, such as optimization of the advertising side of accounting resulting creation flows additional profit and effective contribution in shaping strategic plans which reflect positively on the market capitalization of the business. The main results of the researcher are: The changing perception of intellectual capital accounting strategic axis produce about profits and flows and actual additions contribute to increasing the market value of the business, and this changed perception of accounting service center to profit center. Successful organizations are able to address the gaps and shortcomings in the efficiency of the accounting staff and see how willing those cadres to deal with sophisticated technologies.
Keywords: Business Organizations, Information Technology, Intellectual Capital, Market Value