The determinants of bank profitability: empirical evidence from Malaysian banking sector / Noryati Ambakri

This study sough to establish the relationship between bank-specific characteristic and profitability of the banks listed under Bursa Malaysia to find out the role of internal factor in achieving highly revenue. To achieve the objective of this study, the research design was used. The consideration banks based on listed in the Bursa Malaysia for the past year of eleven and utilized the secondary data from data stream which obtain from the period 2006- 2016 and the data was collected in nine banks in Malaysia". Thus, the data was collected can be considered as the sufficient in making the whole population of study. The data was analyzed using the descriptive statistics, stationary test, regression analysis and the diagnostic testing. The result indicated the leverage ratio and credit risk is negative but significant towards the profitability of banks listed under Bursa Malaysia. Meanwhile, liquidity and bank size indicates the insignificant relationship towards the banks listed under Bursa Malaysia. The finding suggested the banks with the credit risk and leverage ratio tend to more on profitability.