scholarly journals Impact of working capital management on profitability: Evidence from Pakistan oil sector

Author(s):  
M.Yousaf Raza ◽  
Muhammad Bashir ◽  
Khalid Latif ◽  
Touqeer Sultan Shah ◽  
Mushtaq Ahmed

This study explores the impact of working capital management on the profitability of the firms in the oil sector of Pakistan. For the purpose of testing this relationship data from the annual reports of the sample companies is used from the period 2006 to 2010. Cash conversion cycles (CCC), average receivable, Average inventory, average payable, and current ratio are used as a measure of working capital management, while gross operating profit is used as a measure of profitability of the firm. There are three major issues in financial management that are capital budgeting, capital structure, and working capital management. So working capital management is one of the three major issues in financial management. A commercial firm consists of two types of assets, which are fixed assets and current assets. Current assets of a firm consist of cash, bank balance, account receivable, raw material, work in process, and finished goods. While fixed assets of the business require capital expenditure and these are used in increasing the production of the business, the Current assets are used in utilizing the fixed assets in day to day transactions.  Hence Current assets are regarded as lifeblood for any business firm, the play vital role in the daily operations of the business. Current assets and current liabilities regarded as are very important component of total assets and they need to be carefully managed for the long term success of the business. In this paper working capital management provide us profit by using average payable and gross operating profit but other variables in hypothesis shows negative relationships with each other.

Author(s):  
Tushar Rameshbhai Ajmera

Purpose: The main aim of this article is to find out the working capital management and its impact on profitability in Tyre Industry of selected companies which are listed on stock exchange in India. Approach/ Methodology/ Design: For the study, a time span of 8 years from 2011-12 to 2018-19 is considered, and based on it, any relation of net profit margin ratio and working capital components like current ratio, quick ratio, inventory turnover ratio, working capital turnover ratio is considered. The sample is selected based on higher market capitalisation during the study period. Regression analysis is also employed to investigate the impact of WCM on corporate profitability. Findings: The major findings of this study indicate that the profitability of Balkrishana was good   compared to the other companies. The working capital of Ceat shows highly positive working capital management, whereas Apollo shows negative working capital management. These results were identified with the help of accounting tool as Ratio analysis and statistical tools as Regression analysis and ANOVA test for selected data. Practical Implication: The study examines the scenario of tyre industry with the help of working capital management in selected companies. The results of the study could be an indicator of the performance of the selected companies.   Originality/Value:  This paper provides some key insights to health and efficiency of the selected companies. The working capital ratios are indicative of good working capital management, leading to identifying issue in financial management and eventually improving the performance of the tyre industry.


2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amarjit Gill ◽  
Nahum Biger ◽  
Rajen Tibrewala ◽  
Pradeep Prabhakar

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of merger on the efficiency of working capital management of American production firms. This study applied a co-relational research design. A sample of 497 listed American production firms for a period of 4 years (from 2010-2014) was analyzed. The findings of this study indicate that mergers may contribute to an improvement of the efficiency of working capital management. This is a co-relational study that investigated the association between merger and working capital management efficiency. There is not necessarily a causal relationship between the two, although the paper provides some conjectures to such relationship. The findings of this study may only be generalized to firms similar to those that were included in this research. This study contributes to the literature on the factors that improve the efficiency of working capital management, and in particular on the association between merger and the efficiency of working capital management. The findings may be useful for financial managers, investors, financial management consultants, and other stakeholders.


2019 ◽  
Vol 45 (7) ◽  
pp. 869-885 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amarjit Gill ◽  
Afshin Amiraslany ◽  
John Obradovich ◽  
Neil Mathur

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of efficient working capital management (WCM) on a firm’s bond quality ratings (BQR) and debt refinancing risk (RFR).Design/methodology/approachTo fulfill its purpose, this study adopted a co-relational research design. Additionally, the COMPUSTAT of Wharton Research Data Services was used to collect data from American production firms for a period of five years (from 2013 to 2017).FindingsThe results of this study suggest that efficient WCM does, in fact, play a role in improving BQR of American production firms. Furthermore, the findings go on to suggest that efficient WCM plays a very little role in reducing RFR for American production firms.Research limitations/implicationsThis is a correlational study that investigated the presence of an association between efficient WCM and firms’ BQR and between efficient WCM and RFR. However, the two do not necessarily share a causal relationship. Moreover, the findings of this study may only be generalized to firms that are similar to those that were included in this research.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on financial factors that improve a firm’s BQR. Firms should consider maintaining an optimal net working capital as it improves BQR. Moreover, the findings of this study may prove useful for financial managers, investors, financial management consultants and other stakeholders.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (6) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Yasmeen Tarek ◽  
Mary Rafik

Financial management has two main objectives profit and wealth maximization, well organized management of WC components should contribute to the achievement of these objectives. This study clarified the factors which affect WCM, which consequently will affect the business health as a whole and this will influence corporate ’performance and its corporate value. The study will examine the relation between firms profitability and its corporate value by applying panel data analysis on16 companies registered in the Egyptian stock market during the period from 2013 to 2017.The performance of companies is measured through profitability using return on assets (ROA) and firms value were measured by Tobin’s Q (TQ) ratio. The working capital management was measured by using current assets ratio (CAR), quick ratio (QR) and cash ratio (CR).


Author(s):  

Cash flow ratios are the ratios are calculated using balance sheet, income statement, and the statement of cash flow. The statement of cash flow is used to calculate all of the 28 cash flow ratios. These ratios may be used in financial management. The financial managers can utilize the ratios in especially the seven functions of the financial management. They are financial analysis, working capital management, capital structure, capital budgeting, dividend policy, leverage, and valuation. All of the cash flow ratios could be used financial analysis and working capital management functions of the financial management. 14 ratios in capital structure, 10 ratios in capital budgeting, 8 ratios in dividend policy, 8 ratios in leverage, and a ratio in valuation may be used.


2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyank Sharma

Working capital is the funds required for the day to day working of any organization. So it should be managed in effective way to ensure profitability, solvency and survival of the company. Every organization has to manage its working capital in such a way that it does not result in blockage of funds and is able to cater the needs of the organization. In this paper I have tried to show the impact of the mismanagement of working capital on profitability and liquidity of the firm. For this purpose I have taken Tata Motors Pvt. Ltd for the s


2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Sorin Anton ◽  
Anca Afloarei Nucu

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between working capital and firm profitability for a sample of 719 Polish listed firms over the period of 2007–2016. The scarcity of empirical evidence for emerging economies and the importance of working capital efficiency motivate the research on the working capital–financial performance relationship. The paper adopts a quantitative approach using different panel data techniques (ordinary least squares, fixed effects, and panel-corrected standard errors models). The empirical results report an inverted U-shape relationship between working capital level and firm profitability, meaning that working capital has a positive effect on the profitability of Polish firms to a break-even point (optimum level). After the break-even point, working capital starts to negatively affect firm profitability. The study brings theoretical and practical contributions. It extends and complements the literature on the field by highlighting new evidence on the non-linear interrelation between working capital management (WCM) and corporate performance in Poland. From the practitioners’ perspective, the results highlight the importance of WCM for firm profitability.


2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 71-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meryem Bellouma

Working capital is an important component in the financial decision of the company. An optimal working capital management is reached through a trade off between profitability and liquidity. This study aims to provide empirical evidence about the effects of working capital management on the profitability of 386 Tunisian export SMEs observed from 2001 to 2008. The results of fixed and random effects models show a negative relationship between corporate profitability and the different working capital components. This reveals that Tunisian export SMEs should shorten their cash conversion cycle by reducing the number of days of accounts receivable and inventories to increase their profitability.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 136
Author(s):  
Rakibul Islam ◽  
Mohammad Emdad Hossain ◽  
Mohammad Nazmul Hoq ◽  
Md. Morshedul Alam

Working capital management plays centric role in enhancing operational efficiency and their ultimate profitability. Globally financial managers have been searching the proper way on how to utilize working capital components which prolong profitability. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of working capital components on profitability indicators of selected pharmaceutical firms in Bangladesh. The paper used financial data of 9 pharmaceutical firms listed in Dhaka stock exchange (DSE) covered 2011-2015. Two methods were used in this study for analysis data set. Firstly, to measure the relationship between selected variables Pearson Correlation matrix was used. Secondly, multiple regression analysis was used to investigate the impact working capital components on profitability of selected pharmaceutical firms. The study also conducted Durbin Watson test to assess autocorrelation of selected variables. In this study the correlation matrix identified a negative correlation between working capital components and profitability, whereas regression analysis found number of days account receivable (AR) had significant positive and current ratio (CR) and debt ratio (DR) had appeared a significant negative impact on profitability.


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