The relationship between cash holding and firm value - Case study of non-financing listed firms on Ho Chi Minh stock exchange (HOSE)
Abstract
This research investigates whether the level of cash holding has significant
impact on firm value for a sample of publicly traded Vietnam firms in Ho Chi
Minh City, this thesis use the secondary data from listed company at Ho Chi
Ming Stock Exchange (HOSE) . The time scale for this research is in 2014 and
the sample consisted of 105 companies. In order to do this, first empirically
test the existence of an optimal cash level that maximizes firm value. Secondly,
analyze whether deviations from the optimum cash level reduce firm value. The
results of this study showed that there is a concave relation between cash
holding and firm value, verifying that there is an optimal level of cash holding.
The study also presented indirect evidence that both of the deviations above
and below optimal cash holding decrease firm value