PENGARUH NET PROFIT MARGIN, RETURN ON INVESTMENT DAN EARNING PER SHARE TERHADAP HARGA SAHAM

Abstract

Companies aims are to obtain maximum profits attrack investors, and increase sharesprice. At this point, the company’s shares price is very important, as it reflects the performance which can affect investors’ perceptions of the company. This research aimed to examine and analyze the effect of net profit margin, return on investment, earnings per share on the share price. The population was Food and Beverage manufacturing companies which listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) 2013-2017. While, the data colletion technique used purposive sampling in which the collection was based on criteria given. Moreover, there were eleven companies as sample. Furthermore, the data analysis technique used multiple linear regression analysis with SPSS (Statistical Product and Service Solutions) 20. The research result concluded net profit margin had positive and significant effect on the shares price. Likewise, earning per share had positive and significant effect on the shares price. On the other hand, return on investment had negative and insignificant effect.

Keywords: net profit margin, return on investment, earnings per share, share price