Because of the adjustments made under EVA, a different numerical result will be obtained, in general, than that resulting from the use of the simple computation presented in Example 5-1.
In practice, general (non-branded) residual income (RI) valuation also considers the impact of accounting methods on reported results. However, analysts’ adjustments to reported accounting results in estimating residual income will generally reflect some differences from the set specified for EVA. Section 4 of this chapter will explore accounting considerations in more detail.
Over time, a company must generate EVA in order for its market value to increase. A
related concept is market value added (MVA):