PROFITABILITY, SOLVABILITY, PRICE EARNINGS RATIO AND PRICE TO BOOK RATIO AN EVIDENCE FROM INDONESIAN MANUFACTURING COMPANIES
Abstract This study aims atexamining the correlation of profitability ratio and solvability ratio, collectively and partially, on price earnings ratio and price to book ratio of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesian stock Exchange. The data were obtained from the annual financial statement of the companied with the period of study wasbetween 2011 and 2013.A multiple regression analysis has been performed to analysesamples of 57 manufacturing companies that have been selected based on the purposive sampling. The results showed that the profitability has a positive and significant correlation on the price earnings ratio and price to book ratio of the companiesstudied. Meanwhile, the solvabilityhas a negative and significant effect on the price earnings ratio and price to book ratio. This study has also documented that theprofitability and solvability of the companies are better in explaining change of the Price to Book Ratio (PBR) than the Price Earnings Ratio (PER). Keywords: profitability ratio, solvability ratio, price earnings ratio, price to book ratio, Indonesia, Manufacturing Companies