The effect of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing industries during covid-19

The purpose of this study is to find the empirical evidence between working capital management on company profitability during Covid-19. The main aim of the study was to examine the influence of working capital management has an impact on firm’s profitability of manufacturing industry listed compani...

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Main Author: Adleena, Sazali
Format: Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis
Published: 2024
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http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6838/1/Completed_Research_Project_Adleena_Sazali.pdf
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description The purpose of this study is to find the empirical evidence between working capital management on company profitability during Covid-19. The main aim of the study was to examine the influence of working capital management has an impact on firm’s profitability of manufacturing industry listed companies in Malaysia during pandemic Covid-19. The secondary data for analysis is collected from DataStream of 100 listed companies randomly selected for seven-year period from 2016 to 2022. The working capital management components used for the purpose of this study was Debt Ratio (DR), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO), Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) as independent variable while Return on Assets (ROA) as dependent variable. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s Correlation analysis, and Regression analysis were employed as measure of analysis. The result show that DR, DIO, DSO DPO have a negative significant effect on profitability. The empirical findings would be useful to managers on financial planning for the companies to maximize firm’s profitability during financial crisis and global financial disruption.
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spelling utar-68382024-12-06T00:08:25Z The effect of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing industries during covid-19 Adleena, Sazali H Social Sciences (General) HD Industries. Land use. Labor The purpose of this study is to find the empirical evidence between working capital management on company profitability during Covid-19. The main aim of the study was to examine the influence of working capital management has an impact on firm’s profitability of manufacturing industry listed companies in Malaysia during pandemic Covid-19. The secondary data for analysis is collected from DataStream of 100 listed companies randomly selected for seven-year period from 2016 to 2022. The working capital management components used for the purpose of this study was Debt Ratio (DR), Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO), Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and Days Payable Outstanding (DPO) as independent variable while Return on Assets (ROA) as dependent variable. Descriptive statistics, Pearson’s Correlation analysis, and Regression analysis were employed as measure of analysis. The result show that DR, DIO, DSO DPO have a negative significant effect on profitability. The empirical findings would be useful to managers on financial planning for the companies to maximize firm’s profitability during financial crisis and global financial disruption. 2024 Final Year Project / Dissertation / Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6838/1/Completed_Research_Project_Adleena_Sazali.pdf Adleena, Sazali (2024) The effect of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing industries during covid-19. Master dissertation/thesis, UTAR. http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6838/
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Adleena, Sazali
The effect of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing industries during covid-19
title The effect of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing industries during covid-19
title_full The effect of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing industries during covid-19
title_fullStr The effect of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing industries during covid-19
title_full_unstemmed The effect of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing industries during covid-19
title_short The effect of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing industries during covid-19
title_sort effect of working capital management on profitability of manufacturing industries during covid-19
topic H Social Sciences (General)
HD Industries. Land use. Labor
url http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6838/
http://eprints.utar.edu.my/6838/1/Completed_Research_Project_Adleena_Sazali.pdf