Determinants of technology companies profitability: evidence from ace market Bursa Malaysia / Adib Baharuddin

This study examines the factors affecting technology companies' profitability, such as firm size, liquidity ratio, debt ratio, average collection period and sales growth of firms that are listed in the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia. The sample of this study consists of 21 companies which have co...

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Main Author: Baharudin, Adib
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2022
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/98623/1/98623.pdf
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/98623/
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Summary:This study examines the factors affecting technology companies' profitability, such as firm size, liquidity ratio, debt ratio, average collection period and sales growth of firms that are listed in the ACE Market of Bursa Malaysia. The sample of this study consists of 21 companies which have complete financial information from year 2016 to 2020. Descriptive analysis, correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis are used to test the hyphoteses. The findings obtained by using Eviews Software indicated that return on asset (ROA) has no significant relationship between firms size (FS), debt ratio (DR), and sales growth (SG). However, liquidity ratio (LR) and average collection period (ACP) have a significant relationship on the dependent variable.