Management cannot regulate market prices, although it can, by its disclosures and policies, encourage rational behavior by market participants. My own preference, as perhaps you’d guess, is for a market price that consistently approximates business value.
Given that association, all promoters prosper precisely as the business prospers during their period of ownership. Wild swings in market prices far above and below business value do not change the final gains for owners in aggregate; in the end, investor gains must equal business gains. Asian Paints, Colgate India, Bosch India etc are good examples.
But long periods of substantial undervaluation and/or overvaluation will cause the gains of the business to be inequitably distributed among various owners, with the investment result of any given promoters is largely depending upon how lucky, shrewd, or stupid he happens to be.
Satyakam Mishra
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