The effect of working capital market management on firms profitability in Malaysia (construction public listed companies)

This thesis examines the relationship between working capital management and profitability of construction firms in Malaysia for a period between 2012 and 2020. Study done due to working capital management has a critical role in the profitability of the firms. The research is investigating on the re...

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spelling my-uum-etd.103692023-03-01T04:37:38Z The effect of working capital market management on firms profitability in Malaysia (construction public listed companies) 2021 Marzuki, Umar Hanafi, Norshafizah School of Economics, Finance & Banking School of Economics, Finance and Banking HG Finance This thesis examines the relationship between working capital management and profitability of construction firms in Malaysia for a period between 2012 and 2020. Study done due to working capital management has a critical role in the profitability of the firms. The research is investigating on the relationships between the four components of working capital management, namely, receivable, payable conversion period, inventory conversion period and cash conversion cycle of Malaysian Construction public listed companies. There is a significant impact for the sales growth, firm size and financial leverage on the profitability of firms as well. The study collected the financial historical data from the Blomberg Terminal. To run the analysis, the one hundred top public-listed companies mainly from the Main in Board of Bursa Malaysia were selected as a sample based on market capitalization. The analysis done using SPSS included the relationship between independent variables which is growth of public listed companies and dependent variable consist of receivable, payable, conversion period, inventory conversion period, and cash conversion cycle. Finally, study reveals that there are positive relationships between all the independent variables with firm growth, but only cash conversion cycle has a significant relationship. Result showed that businesses should efficiently concentrate and build a working capital management strategy to serve their shareholders in optimizing their resources. For future study, recommend to broaden the scope of this analysis to include all sectors specified on Bursa Malaysia. 2021 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/10369/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/10369/1/permission%20to%20use-ALLOWED.pdf text eng staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/10369/2/s815693_01.pdf text eng public other masters Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
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eng
advisor Hanafi, Norshafizah
topic HG Finance
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Marzuki, Umar
The effect of working capital market management on firms profitability in Malaysia (construction public listed companies)
description This thesis examines the relationship between working capital management and profitability of construction firms in Malaysia for a period between 2012 and 2020. Study done due to working capital management has a critical role in the profitability of the firms. The research is investigating on the relationships between the four components of working capital management, namely, receivable, payable conversion period, inventory conversion period and cash conversion cycle of Malaysian Construction public listed companies. There is a significant impact for the sales growth, firm size and financial leverage on the profitability of firms as well. The study collected the financial historical data from the Blomberg Terminal. To run the analysis, the one hundred top public-listed companies mainly from the Main in Board of Bursa Malaysia were selected as a sample based on market capitalization. The analysis done using SPSS included the relationship between independent variables which is growth of public listed companies and dependent variable consist of receivable, payable, conversion period, inventory conversion period, and cash conversion cycle. Finally, study reveals that there are positive relationships between all the independent variables with firm growth, but only cash conversion cycle has a significant relationship. Result showed that businesses should efficiently concentrate and build a working capital management strategy to serve their shareholders in optimizing their resources. For future study, recommend to broaden the scope of this analysis to include all sectors specified on Bursa Malaysia.
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author Marzuki, Umar
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title The effect of working capital market management on firms profitability in Malaysia (construction public listed companies)
title_short The effect of working capital market management on firms profitability in Malaysia (construction public listed companies)
title_full The effect of working capital market management on firms profitability in Malaysia (construction public listed companies)
title_fullStr The effect of working capital market management on firms profitability in Malaysia (construction public listed companies)
title_full_unstemmed The effect of working capital market management on firms profitability in Malaysia (construction public listed companies)
title_sort effect of working capital market management on firms profitability in malaysia (construction public listed companies)
granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department School of Economics, Finance & Banking
publishDate 2021
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/10369/1/permission%20to%20use-ALLOWED.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/10369/2/s815693_01.pdf
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