TY - JOUR AU - Fariba Gorjizadeh AU - Mehrdad Moradi PY - 2017/06/26 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Identification of criteria effective in financial performance (fp) of iranian petrochemical companies JF - Amazonia Investiga JA - Amazonia Investiga VL - 6 IS - 10 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://amazoniainvestiga.info/index.php/amazonia/article/view/725 AB - This study was conducted to identify the factors effective in FP of the petrochemical companies in the stock market. The study was descriptive and causal-comparative conducted using fuzzy technique. The sample size was nine experts in the petrochemical industry with full command over the preparation of financial statements and offering reports on the preparation of the minutes of financial statements and financial ratios. They also had a high ability in analysis of financial statements to gain more profit or to reduce the related costs. The result of the interview with these experts was the identification of the six main indices: investment with a weighted average of 0.372 ranked first, and operational costs of the company with a weighted average of 0.185 ranked the second, operational costs on equity with a weighted average of 0.121 ranked third, ROA with a weighted average of 0.111 ranked fourth, ROE with a weighted average of 0.108 ranked fifth rank, P/E with a weighted average of 0.103 ranked sixth. ER -