The impact of liquidity on performance and financial equilibrium during the pandemic of COVID-19 : evidence from healthcare sector in Malaysia / Mohammad Norikhmal Md Sudin

Begin on 18th March 2020, The Malaysian government established the Movement Control Order (MCO) as a strategy to flatten the curve of COVID-19 cases in the nation in response to the COVID-19 epidemic. The consideration given to this pandemic is because the MCO has given a significant influence on all sectors in Malaysian industry including healthcare sectors. The research objectives for this study are to investigate the influence of liquidity to financial performance of the companies in healthcare sector during the pandemic of Covid-19. Return on Asset is chosen as dependent variables while Current Ratio, Quick Ratio and Debt to-Equity Ratio are independent variables. All the sampling is collected from 35 chosen companies under healthcare sector from Bursa Malaysia and Malaysia Stock Biz. The consent years is from 2010 to 2020 (l I years) with annual timeframe. The study will be conducting by using Descriptive Analysis, Correlation Analysis and Panel Data Analysis.