Abstract:
he goal of this study is to test the relationship between stock prices and
financial ratios; BPA earnings per share, BVS book value per share, PER
multiple of price to earnings, YPS dividends to the market value of shares, NP
rate of return to the market value, BPV market value to book value. The study
included 33 listed stocks on Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange during the period 2009-
2013, this shares spread over seven sectors : telecommunications, services,
consumer goods, industry, energy, real estate, investment and financial services.
We used linear regression model to examine the relationship.
The study concluded that there is a statistically significant relationship
between financial ratios studied and the stock price, and higher value of R2 (
97.44%), earnings per share and book value most impact.
