Financial leverage and profitability of listed construction companies in Malaysia/ Siti Najihah Bakar

Bakar, Siti Najihah (2017) Financial leverage and profitability of listed construction companies in Malaysia/ Siti Najihah Bakar. Degree thesis, UiTM Cawangan Johor.

Abstract

This study aims to examine the financial leverage and profitability of listed construction companies in Malaysia by finding the relationship between debt ratio (DR), debt equity ratio (DER), interest coverage ratio (ICR) and long term debt ratio (LTDR). The data are collected from 2008 - 2015 and analysis using Pooled Ordinary Least Square (POLS). The final result indicated that debt ratio (DR) and debt equity ratio (DER) has negative relationship with dependent variable return on asset (ROA). Therefore interest coverage (ICR) and long term debt ratio (LTDR) has a positive relationship to return on asset (ROA).Therefore, decision of financial leverage is important because it will give an impact towards the firm profitability.

Metadata

Item Type:	Thesis (Degree)
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Bakar, Siti Najihah 2014695792
Contributors:	Contribution Name Email / ID Num. Thesis advisor Ling, Tan Yan UNSPECIFIED Thesis advisor Nasrul, Ferri UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Profits. Corporate profits H Social Sciences > HG Finance > Financial leverage
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Johor > Segamat Campus > Faculty of Business and Management
Programme:	Bachelor of Business Adminitration (HONS) Finance
Keywords:	Financial leverage, Profit, UiTM Cawangan Johor
Date:	2017
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/57508