Agency Costs of Free Cash flow and Stock Mispricing in Companies Listed on Tehran Stock Exchange

Separation of ownership from management caused to form an agency relationship and there is a possibility that information asymmetry Take shape between managers and owners and consequently, owners canʼt view managerial activities. As a result, managers may be make decisions that are in line with personal interests and stock prices divert its inherent price. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of agency cost of free cash flow on stock mispricing. Market to Book ratio decomposition is used to calculation of stock mispricing. In order to do research 170 firm that listed in Tehran Stock Exchange in the period 1385-1393 have been selected. Multiple Regression with the Generalized Least Squares (GLS) estimation method and Panel Data used to test the models. The results show that there is positive and significant relationship between agency costs of free cash flow and stock mispricing; In other words according to our expectation, an increase in agency costs of free cash flow cause to an increase in stock mispricing.