PENGARUH MODAL KERJA, PIUTANG, UKURAN PERUSAHAAN, DAN PERSEDIAAN TERHADAP PROFITABILITAS (STUDI PERUSAHAAN OTOMOTIF DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA)

Abstract

A company is one of the organization forms, in general, which has certain objectives achieved in order to
fulfil the stakeholders’ needs. Morever, one of the company’s objectives is to gain some profits.
Furthermore, profitability is a ratio that measures competence in getting profits which are related to sales,
total assets, and capital. Therefore, in the long-term, investors have mostly needed in profitability analysis.
This research aimed to find out the effect of working capital, receivables, firm size, and supply on
profitability. The research was causal quantitative. While independent variables were namely, working
capital, receivables, firm size, and supply. Meanwhile, the dependent variable was profitability. The
population was all automotive companies that were listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2016 up to
2019. Additionally, the data were companies’ financial statements. In addition, the data analysis
technicaque used multiple linier regression. The research result concluded that working capital had had a
negative and significant effect on profitability. In contras, supply had a positive and significant effect on
profitability. In suggestion, the next researchers were expected to have other variables in other to have
more various results related to profitability.