scholarly journals The Relationship between Liquidity and Firms’ Profitability: A Case Study of Karachi Stock Exchange

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nazish Bibi ◽  
Shehla Amjad

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between firm’s liquidity and profitability; and to find out the effects of different components of liquidity on firms’ profitability.The relationship between liquidity and firms’ profitability is empirically examined by collecting the data of 50 listed firms of Karachi Stock Exchange, Pakistan. Panel data has been collected from secondary sources for the year 2007 to 2011 .Net operating income and Return on assets are used measure of firm’s profitability. Liquidity of the firm is measured by using cash gap in days and current ratio. Firm size measured by net sales, total assets and market capitalization .The study applies regression analysis to determine factors affecting profitability. Incremental tests are carried out to see the importance of individual variables in the model.The results of correlation and regression analysis showed that there is a significant negative relationship between cash gap and return on assets while current ratio has significant positive relationship with profitability. Results further indicate that log of sales and log of total assets has positive significant relationship with profitability. The findings of this study are based on firms listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE). Hence, the results cannot be generalizable to those firms which are not listed on Karachi stock exchange. The sample of the study comprises only the merchandising and manufacturing firms. Banks are excluded due to their nature of work.

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Fiona Mutiara Efendi ◽  
Ngatno Ngatno

The rapid development of capital markets are now attracting the attention of people andcapital owners to invest in capital markets. During the year 2013-2016 the average stock price of the textile and garment enterprises sub-sector experienced a fluctuating condition. The financial ratios that are suspected to affect the ups and downs of stock prices are ROA and EPS. The population of this research are 15 Textile and Garment Sub-Sector Companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2013-2016. The analysis technique used is linear regression analysis with SPSS program. This study aims to determine the effect of ROA on stock prices through EPS as a mediator. The results showed that ROA has no significant effect on stock prices, but ROA has a significant influence on the mediation variable that is EPS. EPS variable has positive and significant effect to stock price. ROA and EPS have a significant effect on stock prices. EPS is fully mediated variable and can significantly mediate the relationship between ROA and stock prices. Based on the analysis results, can be concluded that the variables that affect the stock price is EPS, while the ROA variable does not affect the stock price. As well as EPS variables can mediated the relationship between ROA and stock prices. The results of this research, it is expected the company further increase the profitability of the company in order to increase the stock price so that it can give benefit the company and investors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Refni Sukmadewi ◽  
Dewi Sartika ◽  
Mulyani Rodi Muin ◽  
Deviana Sofyan

This study was conducted to determine the effect of liquidity and solvency on profitability in plantation sub-sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2017 to 2020 because it often happens that companies are unable to balance their liquidity and solvency positions because the target company is pursuing profits without compensating management in terms of the ability to pay the debt.This study uses multiple regression analysis with a significance of 0.05. Liquidity variable is measured using current ratio, solvency is measured by debt ratio, while profitability is measured by return on assets. The sampling method used is purposive sampling method. The results partially show that liquidity has a significant effect on profitability, while solvency also has a significant effect on profitability and has a significant effect on profitability. Simultaneously liquidity and solvency have a significant effect on profitability.


2018 ◽  
Vol 184 ◽  
pp. 04009
Author(s):  
Ciprian Cristea ◽  
Maria Cristea

Cash conversion cycle is considered one of the most important measures of management effectiveness, especially the cash flow and liquidity management. This study examines the relationship between cash conversion cycle and corporate profitability for the non-financial companies, from several industries, listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange for a period of fifteen years from 2002 to 2016. The findings from a cross sectional multiple regression analysis pointed out a negative relationship between cash conversion cycle and the performance of firms. Based on the results from this paper it has been concluded that managers can improve the profitability of their firms by decreasing the number of days in cash conversion cycle.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 403-416
Author(s):  
Mohammad Ahmad Alqam ◽  
Yaser Mohd Hamshari ◽  
Haitham Yousef Ali

The relationship between audit quality and earnings management has not been tested with consideration of key audit matters as a mediating variable. This study examined whether audit quality (AQ) decreases earnings management (EM) in shareholding corporations through improving key audit matters (KAMs) in Jordan’s emerging environment. A regression analysis was carried out on a sample that included financial reports and auditor reports of 105 industrial and service shareholdings companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) from 2017 to 2019. The study found a negative relationship between audit quality and earnings management. The results showed that audit quality increases key audit matters, which, in turn, decreases earnings management. Also, the study confirmed the mediating effect of KAMs between audit quality and earnings management. The study confirms the importance of key audit matters to provide more relevant and useful information for the users of financial reports and provides important indications to the regulatory authorities and standards bodies that key audit matters should be given more attention regarding the way that they are presented and disclosed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Novita Sari ◽  
Rina Astini

This study aims to examine and analyze the effect of current ratio, debt to equity ratio, returnon assets and earning per share on the stock price. The object of this study is conventional taxi and bus companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange on 2013-2017. The sample selection is using purposive sampling and got six companies that match the criteria. The method used is panel data regression analysis and found that the appropriate model to use is a common effect. From the result of this study obtained the variable of earning per share has a positive and significant effect on the stock price.


NCC Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-147
Author(s):  
Puspa Raj Ojha

This paper aims to report the results of an investigation of the relative importance of working capital management, measured by the Return on Assets (ROA), and its components (Current ratio, average collection period and average payment period) to the profitability of Pukar International Trading. This paper analyzes the effect of working capital Management on firm’s profitability in Nepal for the period 2071 to 2072. For this Purpose, financial data of four year is used. Pearson’s correlation and Descriptive analysis were used to establish the relationship between working capital management and firm’s profitability and components of working capital like Average collection period, Average payment period and Current ratio. The study finds a negative relationship between profitability and average collection period and average payment period, but appositive relationship between profitability and current ratio. Moreover, current ratio and firm size also have significant effects on the firm’s profitability. Based on the key findings from this study it had been concluded that the management of a firm could create value for their shareholders by reducing the number of day’s accounts collection. Firms could also take long to pay their creditors in as far as they did not worry their relationships with these creditors.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-87
Author(s):  
Pushpa Raj Ojha

This paper aims to examine the form and pattern of liquidity, NPL, return on assets, CAR, return on equity, GDP, inflation and interbank rate in Nepalese commercial banks. The study is intended to analyze the relationship between liquidity and bank specific variables in Nepalese commercial banks. The key findings stated that there is significant relation between numbers of variables that impacts on the liquidity performance of Nepalese commercial banks. The panel data of commercial banks from 2010/11 to 2016/17 has been taken for the purpose of the research. Mean, standard deviation, correlation and multiple regression analysis have been used to diagnose date to meet the specific objectives of research. The results reveal that there is significant influence of ROA, ROE, NPL, GDP and IBR on LIQ.


2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72
Author(s):  
Nurul Fitri ◽  
Rachma Zannati

The purpose of this study is to confirm the determinants of financial performance on the condition of financial distress companies through the Altman Model (Z-score) approach. The sample in this study is a manufacturing industry sub-sector company which is listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2013 to 2017. The analysis technique of this study uses logistic regression analysis, and the findings prove that the Current Ratio and Debt to Equity Ratio cannot predict the condition of Financial Distress. Whereas Return On Assets can predict Financial Distress in manufacturing companies. The implications of this finding can contribute to companies in maintaining financialperformance stability so as to avoid financial distress. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Febriani Kala’

This study aims to determine the effect of financial and macroeconomic ratios on the company's financial distress. In this study, the financial ratios used are the liquidity ratio with the proxy current ratio (CR), the leverage ratio with the proxy debt to assets ratio (DAR), and the profitability ratio with the proxy for return on assets (ROA). Meanwhile, the macro economy is measured by inflation and interest rates. The sample in this study is the food & beverage sub-sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2015-2019. The sampling technique used purposive sampling and obtained 17 companies with 5 years of observation so that there were 85 total observations. The analytical method used is logistic regression analysis using the SPSS version 23 program. The results show that the leverage ratio (DAR) has a positive and significant effect on financial distress, the profitability ratio (ROA) has a negative and significant effect on financial distress, while the liquidity ratio (CR) and macroeconomics as measured by inflation and interest rates have a positive but insignificant effect. against financial distress.


2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Nur Hayati ◽  
Musdholifah Musdholifah

This research aims to analyze the effect of Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR), Non-Performing Loans (NPL), Operating Expenses to Operating Income (BOPO), Loan to Deposit Ratio (LDR), Net Interest Margin (NIM) on the profitability proxy with return on assets (ROA) at commercial banks listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2005 to 2010. The samples used are 14 commercial banks listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The samples are taken using purposive sampling method with certain criteria. The method used in this study is to use multiple regression analysis to test the hypothesis that the t test and the f test. Before using a multiple regression analysis, performed the classic assumption test first. The results obtain in this study are simultaneously CAR, NPL, BOPO, LDR, and NIM effect on profitability by 44%. While partially CAR, BOPO, and NIM effect on profitability and LDR NPL does not affect profitability.


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