PENGARUH UKURAN PERUSAHAAN, GROWTH OPPORTUNITY DAN DEBT TO EQUITY RATIO TERHADAP PROFITABILITAS

Abstract

The sustainability of the company is the standard of company performance as the opposite of the bankruptcy of a company, but the empirical study about the discrimination between these two extreme points in Indonesia is not easy to be implemented because it encounters difficulties in obtaining the company data which has already bankrupt. The purpose of this research is to find out the influence of t firm size, growth opportunity, and debt to equity ratio variables to the profitability of the food and beverages companies which have gone public in Indonesia Stock Exchange, the population is the food and beverage companies which are listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange, the sample collection technique has been done by using purposive sampling and the samples are 10 companies, the observation periods is conducted in 2011-2013 periods. The data is the secondary data which is done by using the financial statement data. The multiple linear regressions analysis is used as the analysis technique. The result of the research shows that firm size, growth opportunity, and debt to equity ratio variables have positive and significant influence to the profitability of the food and beverages companies which are listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange, and the result of the feasibility test models of 0.047 shows that firm size, growth opportunity, and debt to equity ratio variables have positive and significant influence to the profitability of the food and beverages companies which are listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange.
Keywords: Firm Size, Growth Opportunity, Debt to Equity Ratio and Profitability.