The Analysis of Financial Constraint towards Firms Profitability in the Transportation Industry Companies Listed in Idx
This study attempts to analyze the correlation between financial constraints with the firms profitability through return on asset (ROA), return on equity (ROE) and profit margin (PM). the indicators used in determining the financial constraints are cash flow, firm size, dividend payout, interest coverage, debt to capital ratio and long-term debt to capital ratio. the data set consists of 26 companies from the transportation industry listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange for the period of 2007-2012. Using panel data regression, empirical analysis indicates that debt to capital ratio significantly impact the ROA and ROE; interest coverage is significantly impact the ROE and cash flow as well as firm size are significantly impact PM. This study also finds that dividend payout and long-term debt to capital ratio has no impact to the firms profitability. the results expected that companies are able to improve the firms profitability and manage their financial better, so no constraints will arise.
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