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Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia

This study explores the determinants profitability in oil palm companies which are listed in Bursa Malaysia. Return on assets (ROA) is used as a measurement for company profitability while for independent variables, the company specifics determinants (internal factor) are used to determine the compa...

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Main Author: Lesalene, Gunasekaran
Format: Thesis
Language:English
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Published: 2022
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HG Finance
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spelling my.uum.etd.111062024-05-27T06:12:11Z https://etd.uum.edu.my/11106/ Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia Lesalene, Gunasekaran HG Finance This study explores the determinants profitability in oil palm companies which are listed in Bursa Malaysia. Return on assets (ROA) is used as a measurement for company profitability while for independent variables, the company specifics determinants (internal factor) are used to determine the company profitability. The company specific determinants are size, liquidity, leverage, and sales growth while This study utilizes a sample of 30 companies listed in Bursa Malaysia for over the period 2015-2020. The data are analysed using Panel Least Squares Method. The findings show that sales growth and leverage have a positive and significant relationship with the ROA, have a positive and significant relationship with the ROA, indicating that, bigger size companies, highly liquid companies, and companies that able to generate higher sales will have more profits. On the other hand, size and liquidity have a negative significant implying that companies that have high debt ratio will have higher losses. 2022 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://etd.uum.edu.my/11106/1/Depositpermission_s825854.pdf text en https://etd.uum.edu.my/11106/2/s825854_01.pdf Lesalene, Gunasekaran (2022) Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia. Masters thesis, Universiti Utara Malaysia.
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Lesalene, Gunasekaran
Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia
description This study explores the determinants profitability in oil palm companies which are listed in Bursa Malaysia. Return on assets (ROA) is used as a measurement for company profitability while for independent variables, the company specifics determinants (internal factor) are used to determine the company profitability. The company specific determinants are size, liquidity, leverage, and sales growth while This study utilizes a sample of 30 companies listed in Bursa Malaysia for over the period 2015-2020. The data are analysed using Panel Least Squares Method. The findings show that sales growth and leverage have a positive and significant relationship with the ROA, have a positive and significant relationship with the ROA, indicating that, bigger size companies, highly liquid companies, and companies that able to generate higher sales will have more profits. On the other hand, size and liquidity have a negative significant implying that companies that have high debt ratio will have higher losses.
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author Lesalene, Gunasekaran
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title Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia
title_short Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia
title_full Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia
title_fullStr Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia
title_sort determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in malaysia
publishDate 2022
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/11106/1/Depositpermission_s825854.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/11106/2/s825854_01.pdf
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