ASSESSMENT OF INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF HIGH-TECH COMPANIES

Abstract

The article considers and systematize different approaches to assessment of investment attractiveness of companies, including high-tech ones, by criteria of the number of used indicators and assessment approach. The paper proposes and tests the authors’ methodology for evaluating the investment attractiveness of high-tech companies, including the assessment of company current situation and development potential, the integral indicator of investment attractiveness and its recommended value. The study forms portfolios of stocks of high-tech companies traded on the Moscow Stock Exchange, using Markowitz and Fisher models to identify the correlation between the level of investment attractiveness of a company and the type of stock portfolio. The paper reveals the correlation between the level of investment attractiveness and shares in the portfolio, as well as the type of portfolio (minimum risk, maximum return, optimal).

Keywords

• assessment methods
• current position
• development potential
• evaluation indicators
• high-tech companies
• integral indicator
• investment attractiveness
• stock portfolio