Financial performance determinants of technology sectors in Malaysia / Nur Juaini Fazarina Julaihi

The stock market is a popular investment option for both individual and institutional investors in Malaysia. It aids capital accumulation and economic development in the country. One of the high demand stocks is the technology sector's stock. The purpose of this study is to determine the factor influence the firm's financial performance. Therefore, the relationship between the liquidity level, financial leverage, efficiency level and firm size towards the technology sector financial performance is determine by using the panel least square method. The research design for this study is employed a secondary data acquired from 20 listed firms over the 9-year period from 2012 until 2020. The total of 180 observations of the net profit margin (NPM) as the dependent variable and the independent variables are current ratio (CR), debt ratio (DR), total asset turnover (TATO) and firm size (FS) has found only debt ratio, total asset turnover and firm size have as significant relationship to net profit margin. Meanwhile, the current ratio has no significant relationship. These findings may help the management.