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Oleh :
Frans Julius P.S
Pembimbing : Rita Anugerah dan Azhari S
The Effect of Financial Leverage, Firm Growth, Profit, and Cash Flow on
Financial Distress
(Case Study in Manufacturing Companies listed in
Indonesia Stock Exchange 2010-2014)
ABSTRACT
This study aimed to examine the effect of financial leverage, firm growth,
profit, and cash flow on financial distress. the population in this study is the
manufacturing companies listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange and continuously
published financial statement in the period of 2010-2014. The sample was
determined by the method of purposive sampling. Criterion for firm with probably
of financial distress is a company which has a negative net income more than a
year and do not paying dividends. By ommiting companies with some data
unavailable, the sample consist of 18 companies. This study uses secondary data
obtained from the company’s financial statement in the period 2010 to 2014
obtained from the Indonesian capital market directory and www.idx.co.id and
analyzed using SPSS 20. The method of analysis used is logistic regression
analysis. The results of this study showed that cash flow has an effect to to predict
financial distress in the company with 0.013 significance.. While financial
leverage, firm growth, and profit have no effect in predicting financial distress in
the company. The results of this research also showed that coefficient determinant
is 0,347. This means that the percentage of influence of independent variables on
the dependent variable is equal to 34,7%, while the rest of 65.3% influenced by
other variables that are not included in this model.
Keywords: financial distress, financial leverage, firm growth, profit, cash flow.