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As discussed in the previous chapters, investors inject funds into companies, expecting rewards in the form of earnings and returns on their investments. Net earnings, reported in the income statement, belong to shareholders and can be distributed to them either directly in the form of “dividends” or indirectly through retained earnings to increase their net wealth. While earnings per share (EPS) is a book value, stock prices are driven by investors’ market perception about the company. Hence, market price is a measure of the current shareholders’ value created by the company.
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Kulwizira Lukanima, B. (2023). Market Perception Analysis. In: Corporate Valuation. Classroom Companion: Business. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-28267-6_9
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