Use of Factor Analysis to identify the main financial performance assessment indicators: an application in insurance companies Other Languages

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24268
Abstract:
Financial indicators have been used for a long time to assess organizational performance. Usually, these indicators are used to compare companies or even units of the same company. However, these indicators tend to be analyzed individually and sequentially. In other words, analyses are based on comparisons of liquidity ratios for example, with a view to finding the best companies on the basis of a mean liquidity standard, followed by a new analysis for profi tability ratios etc. That type of sequential and individualized assessment does not permit the evaluation of some indicators’ infl uence on others, besides depending on subjective criteria to evaluate which are the most relevant indicators. This study intends to propose a methodology that: (1) reduces the subjectivity degree in the choice of the indicators to be used for company assessment and (2) allows for a simultaneous analysis of the behavior of several indicators. In this research, we used one multivariate data analysis technique: Factor Analysis (FA), to create the fi nancial indicator selection criteria
ABNT Citation:
BEZERRA, F. A.; CORRAR, L. J. Utilização da Análise Fatorial na identificação dos principais indicadores para avaliação do desempenho financeiro: uma aplicação nas empresas de seguros. Revista Contabilidade & Finanças, v. 17, n. 42, p. 50-62, 2006.
APA Citation:
Bezerra, F. A., & Corrar, L. J. (2006). Utilização da Análise Fatorial na identificação dos principais indicadores para avaliação do desempenho financeiro: uma aplicação nas empresas de seguros. Revista Contabilidade & Finanças, 17(42), 50-62.
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Document type:
Artigo
Language:
Português