In: Finance
Which one of the following best states the primary goal of financial management?
maximize current dividends per share
maximize the current value per share
increase cash flow and avoid financial distress
minimize operational costs while maximizing firm efficiency
maintain steady growth while increasing current profits
The primary goal of Financial Management is to maximize the shareholders wealth and shareholders wealth can be maximized by maximizing the current value per share. When the current value per share will be going up, it will mean that the overall market capitalisation of the company will go up and it will also mean that overall shareholders wealth will go up.
Rest of the goals are not the primary goals of financial management
Correct answer will be option (B) maximizing the current value per share.