Download or read book Relationship Between Working Capital Management and Profitability of Listed Companies in the Athens Stock Exchange written by Ioannis Lazaridis and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this paper we investigate the relationship of corporate profitability and working capital management. We used a sample of 131 companies listed in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) for the period of 2001-2004. The purpose of this paper is to establish a relationship that is statistically significant between profitability, the cash conversion cycle and its components for listed firms in the ASE. The results of our research showed that there is statistical significance between profitability, measured through gross operating profit, and the cash conversion cycle. Moreover managers can create profits for their companies by handling correctly the cash conversion cycle and keeping each different component (accounts receivables, accounts payables, inventory) to an optimum level.
Download or read book The Relationship Between Working Capital Management and Profitability of Listed Manufacturing Companies In Sri Lanka written by Sarathadevi Anandasayanan and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working capital management is important part in firm financial management decision. An optimal working capital management is expected to contribute positively to the creation of firm value. To reach optimal working capital management firm manager should control the tradeoff between profitability and liquidity accurately. The objective of this study is to investigate the relationship of corporate profitability and working capital management. We used a sample of 30 Manufacturing companies listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) for the period of 2003-2007. The dependent variable, return on total assets is used as a measure of profitability and the relationship between working capital management and corporate profitability is investigated using panel data analysis. The results of this research showed that there is statistical significance between profitability and the cash conversion cycle. Moreover managers can create profits for their companies by handling correctly the cash conversion cycle and keeping each different component (accounts receivables, accounts payables, inventory) to an optimum level.
Download or read book Determinants of Working Capital Management written by Elena Archavli and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence for the effective management of working capital and for its impact on the performance of Greek listed companies in terms of profitability, performance and market valuation. Design/Methodology/approach -This research approach is based on the examination of 211 listed on the Athens Stock Exchange firms for a period of six years from 2005 to 2010. This research intents to investigate the effects of the working capital management factors for Greek enterprises' yields through the examination of profitability (gross operating profit), the performance (return on assets) and the market value of the firm (Tobin Q). Findings -The results of our research showed that there are significant negative correlations between the variables of working capital and the business performance. Thus, we must highlight the importance of managing working capital to ensure improved profitability, efficiency and market value of companies, as this aspect should be part of strategic and operational thinking of Greek enterprises, in order to operate effectively and efficiently. Research Limitations/implications -The main limitation of this research is that examining a sample of listed firms does not allow for generalization of conclusions for all listed firms. Originality/value - This paper provides new evidence for the effects of the determinants of working capital on the efficiency, profitability and market value of listed firms.
Download or read book Relationship Between Working Capital Management and Profitability in Retail Sector Companies Listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange written by Innocent Gumbochuma and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working capital management is an extremely important area of financial management as current assets normally represent more than half of the total assets of a business. Literature has shown that efficient management of working capital will lead to more profitability and creating more market value. This study sought to ascertain the impact of the working capital management on firm profitability in the retail sector of the South African Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed companies.
Download or read book The Relationship Between Working Capital Management and Profitability written by Nasser Alsulayhim and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working capital management is an important concept that could influence companies in many ways. An efficient management of working capital can help a company to manage its finances and increases its profitability. This study investigates the relationship between working capital management and profitability in non-financial companies listed in the Saudi Stock Exchange. A sample of 67 companies is used for a period of ten years (2007-2016). Quantitative method using multiple linear regression and pooled data set is used for analysis. The results indicate a positive relationship between working capital management and profitability. However, each company could have a different optimal level of working capital and could require different strategies to increase profitability. This study is limited to non-financial companies listed in the Saudi Stock Exchange. This study is a positive contribution to working capital management literature as it uses a relatively large sample, a longer time period, and multiple profitability proxies in the context of Saudi Arabia which has few researches in this area.
Download or read book Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability in UK Manufacturing Industry written by Senthilmani Thuvarakan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working capital management is given higher priorities by the corporate world. Companies which are effectively using their working capital components are likely to have competitive advantage over their competitors. The purpose of this research is to investigate the relationship between the working capital components and corporate profitability in different industries. 60 manufacturing companies, 20 construction companies and 17 telecommunication companies listed on the London stock exchange is used for this research covering the period of 2006-2011. The dependent variable, profitability is measured using gross operating income. The independent variables are receivable days. Payable days, inventory days, cash conversion cycle, debt, and size of the firm. Pearson's correlation and regression analysis to explore the relationship between the profitability and the working capital components. The results show that there is no significant relationship between the working capital components and profitability. There is a negative relationship between gearing and profitability in manufacturing firms.
Download or read book Study of Relationship Between Working Capital Strategy and Profitability Measures the Companies in Automobile Pharmaceutical and Mineral Industries in Tehran Stock Exchange written by Nahid Maleki Nia and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working capital management is one of the management structure of an organization that plays a fundamental role and also is as a major force in evolution of the organization. So it is important to acquire economic profits. This study investigates the relationship between working capital policy and profitability of companies in automobile, pharmaceutical and mineral industries in Tehran Stock Exchange. The sample was selected consisting of 235 data -year of listed companies in Tehran Stock Exchange in automobile, pharmaceutical and mineral industries from 1383 to 1387. The methodology of this research was discriptive and the hypotheses were analyzed by using Pearson correlation and regression model.The results of this study indicate that there is no direct and significant relationship between working capital management strategies with earning per share and return on equity, but there is a direct and significant relation between working capital management strategies and return on investment but not very strong correlation, and only 6% of the variation in the return on investment can be justified by the variation in the working capital management strategies.
Download or read book Working Capital Management and Its Impact on Financial Performance written by Rathiranee Yogendrarajah and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Working capital management ensures a company has sufficient cash flow in order to meet its short-term debt obligations and operating expenses. The needs of efficient working capital management must be considered in relation to other aspects of the firms' financial and non-financial performance. An efficient Working Capital Management is expected to contribute to the high financial performance. The main purpose of this study was to investigate the working capital management and its impact on firms' financial performance. The efficiency of working capital management was investigated through the cash conversion cycle. The research problem focused here -- What extent the working capital management influences on financial performance of the trading firms? -- A strong significant relationship between working capital management and profitability has been identified in previous research. It was assumed that -- The efficient working capital management has strong impact on financial performance. -- The dependent variable Return on Assets is used as a measure of profitability of financial performance and its' relationship with working capital management was investigated to find out the results. Samples of 9 trading firms have been selected from the companies listed by the Colombo stock exchange using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for the period of 2004 to 2009 to find out the results. The regression analysis results show that the high investment in inventories and receivables is associated with lower financial performance (ROA). For this analysis the inventories days, accounts receivable days, accounts payable days and cash operating cycle have been used. The findings also revealed that some firms have efficient working capital management and some have inefficient working capital management in the trends of working capital according to the cash operating cycle.
Download or read book Working Capital Management and Profitability written by Waseem Ullah Jan and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07-02 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The working capital management plays an important role for success or failure of firm in business because of its effect on firm's profitability as well on liquidity. The working capital management refers to the management of working capital, or precisely to the management of current assets. A firm's working capital consists of its investments in current assets, which includes short-term assets-cash and, inventories, receivable and marketable securities. Therefore, the working capital management refers to the management of the levels of all these individual current assets. The universe of the study is textile industry of Pakistan, which is one of the oldest and the fast developing industry in the large scale sector of Pakistan. The study is based on secondary data collected from listed firms in Karachi stock exchange for the period of 2001-2006 with an attempt to investigate the relationship existing between profitability, and working capital management components for listed firms in Karachi stock exchange. The reason for restricting to this particular time period is that the latest and updated data for investigation is available for this period.
Download or read book Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability written by Sujeewa Kodithuwakku and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sri Lankan context, manufacturing sector has been recognized as an important strategic sector for socio-economic development and provides a significant contribution to the growth of the economy (Press Note Annual Estimates of GDP, 2012, p.5). Hence, it plays a vital role, which determines the driving force of the economy (Press Note Annual Estimates of GDP, 2012, p.5). Consequently, manufacturing companies encounter several issues and challenges in the effort of enhancing their profitability and reduce the threat of insolvency. Specifically, the Sri Lankan manufacturing sector is faced with the dilemma of maintaining an appropriate trade-off between working capital (WC) and profitability. In this study an attempt has been made to identify the impact of WC management on profitability of listed manufacturing companies. This study is primarily based on secondary data that were extracted from the annual reports of the 20 manufacturing companies listed in Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). Balanced Panel Data (BPD) of these 20 manufacturing companies were analyzed by using the Pearson's Correlation and Ordinary Least Squire (OLS) regression model to establish the relationship between WCM and the profitability. The study found a negative relationship between the profitability and Debtor's Conversion Period (DCP), Inventory Conversion Period (ICP) and Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC), but a positive relationship between profitability and Creditor's Conversion Period (CCP). Moreover the financial leverage, sales growth and firm size also have a significant impact on the profitability. Based on the key findings from this study it has been concluded that the management of a firm can create value for its shareholders by reducing the DCP. The management can also create value for its shareholders by increasing inventories to a reasonable optimum level. Firms can also take long period to pay their creditors as far as they do not strain their relationship with them. As a recommendation it is suggested for all the manufacturing companies to have a greater focus on the relationship between WCM and profitability, by adopting an appropriate management which will ultimately lead to higher profitability and lower threat of insolvency.
Download or read book Working Capital Management written by Lorenzo Preve and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-28 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working Capital Management provides a general framework that will help managers understand working capital using a comprehensive approach that links operating decisions to their financial implications and to the overall business strategy. It will also help managers to gain a better understanding of the key drivers to profitability and value creation.
Download or read book Instructor s Manual for Interactive Forecasting written by Spyros G. Makridakis and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability written by rafathunnisa Syeda and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The success of any business depends on its profitability, liquidity, and solvency. Liquidity plays an important role in the successful running of a business. Many prior studies have been conducted to measure the relationship between working capital and profitability. The results showed that the high investment in inventories and receivables is associated with lower financial performance. They found a negative relationship between Return on Assets and Inventory turnover and Cash conversion cycle the present study is designed to know the direct impact of working capital on profitability by choosing the days of collection, days of payment, days inventory converts to sales and finally the cash conversion cycle. This study examines the association between the profitability and working capital using the data of 15 US trading companies for the period of 2015 to 2019. The key points in this study are firstly there exists a negative relationship between the profitability and the average collection period, the lower the average collection period higher will be the profitability, indicating that a decrease in the number of days a firm receives payment from sales affects the profitability of the firm positively. Secondly there is a highly significant positive relationship between average payment period and profitability. This implies that the longer a firm makes the payment to its creditors, the more profitable it is. Thirdly the cash conversion cycle decreases it will lead to an increase in profitability of the firm, and managers can create a positive value for the shareholders which indicates that it has been maintained. The regression analysis showed the value for the R-squared in the model is 0.584, i.e., 58.4% of the variation in the dependent variable Net Profitability is explained by the independent variables.
Download or read book Effects of Working Capital Management and Profitability written by Gamlath G.R.M. and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decisions relating to working capital and short term financing are referred to as working capital management (W. These involve managing the relationship between a firm's short-term assets and its short-term liabilities. The objective of working capital management is to ensure that the firm is able to continue its operations and that it has sufficient cash flow to satisfy both maturing short-term debt and upcoming operational expenses. Working capital management is one of the essential determinants of firms' market value because it directly affects the profitability. This study investigates the relationship between working capital management and profitability of Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) listed commercial banks in Sri Lanka. The objective of the study is to identify the relationship between the working capital management and profitability and its impact on profitability. The relation between the working capital management and profitability is examined using Pearson correlation analyses and the effects on profitability is found out using the regression analyses by using a sample of 07 annual financial statements covering period 2007-2011 of listed commercial Banks in Sri Lanka. The working capital management represents the variables of the current ratio (CR), loans to deposit ratio (LDR) and cash ratio (CSR) and the profitability including the net profit margin (NPM), return on equity (ROA) and return on capital employed (ROCE)). The conclusion of the study is that The CSR has great impact on NPM and ROA than other components which are influenced by other factors such as savings, interest rates other than CR and LDR. Working capital management has a great impact on the profitability of the Sri Lankan listed commercial banks and the value of the managers of commercial banks will have to increase value of the firm thereby controlling the level of optimal working capital position.
Download or read book A Cash Flow Analysis of the Performance of Listed Manufacturing Companies in the Athens Stock Exchange with an Emphasis on Debt Policy Working Capital Management and Taxation Policy written by George Moustafelos and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Impact of Working Capital Management on Corporate Profitability written by Elangkumaran Periyathampy and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Efficient management of working capital ensures a company has sufficient cash flow to meet its short-term debt obligations and operating expenses. The study analysis WCM and corporate profitability of listed manufacturing companies of the CSE in Sri Lanka. A sample of twenty-two listed manufacturing companies selected randomly for the purpose of this study. Data collected from annual reports of the sampled firms for the period 2009-2015. The working capital was determine by the cash conversion cycle and the profitability was measured by return on assets. The study applied panel data models (random effects). The data were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics and GLS random regression analysis using STATA 12. The study finds that there is a significant negative impact of inventory turnover on corporate profitability while debtors turnover insignificant positive affect corporate profitability. In addition, creditors' turnover has significant positive impact on corporate profitability. The results conclude that WCM impact of profitability of listed manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka.
Download or read book The Quest for Global Dominance written by Anil K. Gupta and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-01-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anil K. Gupta, Vijay Govindarajan, and Haiyan Wang are among the most distinguished experts in the field of globalization. In The Quest for Global Dominance they present the lessons from their twenty-year study of over two hundred corporations. They argue that, in order for a company to create and maintain its position as a globally dominant player, executives must ensure that their company leads its industry in the following four essential tasks: Identifying market opportunities worldwide and pursuing them by establishing the necessary presence in all key markets Converting global presence into global competitive advantage by identifying and developing the opportunities for value creation that global presence offers Cultivating a global mindset by viewing cultural and geographic diversity as an opportunity, not just a challenge Leveraging the rise of emerging markets especially China and India to transform the company's growth prospects, global cost structure, and pace of innovation
