Investigating Joint Effects of Brand Value and Advertising Expenditure on Corporate Financial Performance and Stock Returns

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Department Of Business Management,Qeshm Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qeshm, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Azad University Dept. of Business Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN.(Modern Financial Risk Research Group)

3 Faculty of management and accounting, Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch(Modern Financial Risk Research Group)

4 Department of Business Management, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, IRAN

Abstract

Customer-oriented and firm-oriented perspectives are two dominant perspectives adopted in brand valuation. The former is the same as the behavioral marketing approach, while the latter focuses on financial data. The study used two financially focused brand valuation methods. The first method takes into account the three dimensions of marketing, finance, and accounting, and is known as the corporate brand success (CBS) valuation. The second method employed Tobin’s q ratio for brand valuation. Finally, the authors investigated the joint effects of brand value (from both methods) and advertising expenditure on corporate financial performance and stock returns of 77 food industry companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange, Iran. To this end, unbalanced panel data modeling was used with 378 observations over a period of 21 years. The results confirmed the joint effect of advertising budget and brand value (from two methods) on return on assets, as an indicator of corporate financial performance. Regarding the second hypothesis, CBS valuation only confirmed the effect of brand value on stock returns. However, the entire hypothesis (i.e. the joint effect of advertising budget and brand value on stock returns) was confirmed when Tobin’s q ratio was used.

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Volume 7, Issue 24 - Serial Number 24
January 2022
Pages 265-273

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