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The usefulness of financial statements depends, fundamentally, on the degree of relevance of the information they disclose to users. Thus, studies that measure the relevance of accounting information to the users of financial statements are of some importance. One line of research within this subject is in ascertaining the relevance and importance of accounting information for the capital markets: if a particular item of accounting information is minimally reflected in the price of a share, it is because this information has relevance, at least at a certain level of significance, for investors and analysts of the capital markets. This present study aims to analyze the relevance, in the Brazilian capital markets, of the information content of the Value Added Statement (or VAS) - referred to in Brazil as the Demonstração do Valor Adicionado, or DVA. It analyzed the ratio between stock price and Wealth created per share (WCPS), using linear regressions, for the period 2005-2011, for non-financial listed companies included in Melhores & Maiores ('Biggest & Best'), an annual listing published by Exame Magazine in Brazil. As a secondary objective, this article seeks to establish whether WCPS represents a better indication of a company's result than Net profit per share (in this study, referred to as NPPS). The empirical evidence that was found supports the concept that the VAS has relevant information content, because it shows a capacity to explain a variation in the share price of the companies studied. Additionally, the relationship between WCPS and the stock price was shown to be significant, even after the inclusion of the control variables Stockholders' equity per share (which we abbreviate in this study to SEPS) and NPPS. Finally, the evidence found indicates that the market reacts more to WCPS (Wealth created per share) than to NPPS. Thus, the results obtained give some indication that, for the Brazilian capital markets, WCPS may be a better proxy concept for referring to a company's result than NPPS. A utilidade das demonstrações financeiras depende, fundamentalmente, da relevância das informações que produz e divulga aos usuários. Assim sendo, se torna importante a realização de estudos que verifiquem a relevância da informação contábil para seus usuários. Neste contexto, uma das linhas de pesquisa neste tema busca verificar a relevância da informação contábil para o mercado de capitais, tendo como base que, se uma informação contábil está minimamente refletida no preço das ações, é porque essa informação é relevante, pelo menos a certo nível de significância, para os investidores e analistas do mercado de capitais. Neste sentido, o presente estudo tem por objetivo analisar a relevância do conteúdo informacional da Demonstração do Valor Adicionado (DVA) no mercado de capitais brasileiro. Para tanto, analisou-se, por meio de regressão linear, a relação entre o preço das ações e a riqueza criada por ação (RCPA), para o período de 2005 a 2011, das empresas não-financeiras de capital aberto listada entre as melhores e maiores empresas, segundo a publicação anual da Revista Exame. Como objetivo secundário, este artigo procurou analisar se a RCPA representava uma melhor proxy para o resultado que o lucro líquido por ação (LLPA). As evidências empíricas encontradas suportam que a DVA possui conteúdo informacional relevante, pois consegue explicar a variação no preço das ações das empresas pesquisadas. Adicionalmente, a relação entre a RCPA e o preço mostrou-se significativa, mesmo depois da inclusão das variáveis de controle: patrimônio líquido por ação (PLPA) e lucro líquido por ação (LLPA). Por fim, as evidências observadas indicam que o mercado reage mais à RCPA do que ao LLPA. Dessa forma, os resultados obtidos revelam indícios de que a RCPA representa para o mercado de capitais brasileiro uma melhor proxy para o resultado da empresa que o LLPA.

The usefulness of financial statements depends, fundamentally, on the degree of relevance of the information they disclose to users. Thus, studies that measure the relevance of accounting information to the users of financial statements are of some importance. One line of research within this subject is in ascertaining the relevance and importance of accounting information for the capital markets: if a particular item of accounting information is minimally reflected in the price of a share, it is because this information has relevance, at least at a certain level of significance, for investors and analysts of the capital markets. This present study aims to analyze the relevance, in the Brazilian capital markets, of the information content of the Value Added Statement (or VAS) - referred to in Brazil as the Demonstração do Valor Adicionado, or DVA. It analyzed the ratio between stock price and Wealth created per share (WCPS), using linear regressions, for the period 2005-2011, for non-financial listed companies included in Melhores & Maiores ('Biggest & Best'), an annual listing published by Exame Magazine in Brazil. As a secondary objective, this article seeks to establish whether WCPS represents a better indication of a company's result than Net profit per share (in this study, referred to as NPPS). The empirical evidence that was found supports the concept that the VAS has relevant information content, because it shows a capacity to explain a variation in the share price of the companies studied. Additionally, the relationship between WCPS and the stock price was shown to be significant, even after the inclusion of the control variables Stockholders' equity per share (which we abbreviate in this study to SEPS) and NPPS. Finally, the evidence found indicates that the market reacts more to WCPS (Wealth created per share) than to NPPS. Thus, the results obtained give some indication that, for the Brazilian capital markets, WCPS may be a better proxy concept for referring to a company's result than NPPS.