Euro Stoxx 50: 1997-2005. Shareholder value creation in Europe

Pablo Fernandez (), Jose M. Carabias, Julio Aznarez and Oscar E. Carbonell
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Jose M. Carabias: IESE Business School, Postal: Research Division, Av Pearson 21, 08034 Barcelona, SPAIN
Julio Aznarez: ESE, Business School
Oscar E. Carbonell: IPADE Business School

No D/626, IESE Research Papers from IESE Business School

Abstract: 2005 was a very good year for the shareholders of the companies in the Euro Stoxx 50. The shareholder value creation of these 50 companies was €292.9 billion. The companies that created most value for their shareholders were Total (€30 billion), Sanofi-Synthelabo (€23.2 billion) and Eni (€20.7 billion). The companies that destroyed most value were telecoms: Deutsche Telekom (€-14.8 billion), France Telecom (€-11.8 billion) and Telecom Italia (€-7.1 billion). In 2005, the Euro Stoxx 50 was slightly more volatile than the S&P 500. Shareholder value creation in the three-year period 2003-2005 was €551 billion. The market value of the 50 companies included in the Euro Stoxx 50 was €2.1 trillion in 2005, although only €1.8 trillion were included in the index. SAP was the top shareholder value creator and Deutsche Telekom the top shareholder value destroyer during the eight-year period 1997-2005. A portfolio long in the companies that entered the index and short in the companies that abandoned the index had on average a 6.85% return in the 20 days prior to the index recomposition and a 0.97% return in the 20 days after the index recomposition.

Keywords: shareholder value creation; created shareholder value; shareholder value added; shareholder return; required return to equity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G12 G31 M21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cfn, nep-eec, nep-fin and nep-fmk
Date: 2006-04-15

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