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:	eng eng
Published:	2022
Subjects:	HG Finance
Online Access:	https://etd.uum.edu.my/11106/1/Depositpermission_s825854.pdf https://etd.uum.edu.my/11106/2/s825854_01.pdf
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spelling	my-uum-etd.111062024-05-27T06:12:11Z Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia 2022 Lesalene, Gunasekaran Nordin, Sabariah School of Economics, Finance & Banking School of Economics, Finance & Banking 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 https://etd.uum.edu.my/11106/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/11106/1/Depositpermission_s825854.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/11106/2/s825854_01.pdf text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
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language	eng eng
advisor	Nordin, Sabariah
topic	HG Finance
spellingShingle	HG Finance 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.
format	Thesis
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Lesalene, Gunasekaran
author_facet	Lesalene, Gunasekaran
author_sort	Lesalene, Gunasekaran
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
granting_institution	Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department	School of Economics, Finance & Banking
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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Determinants of profit ability of listed companies in oil palm plantation sector in Malaysia

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