The Effects of Growth, Size and Capital Structure Decisions on Profitability in Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE):2008-2017

The effect of firm size, growth and capital structure on firm profit rates has been searched by economists for several decades. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impacts of size, liquidity, growth and capital structure decisions on profitability in Stock Exchange Istanbul (BIST). For this...

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Published inInternational Journal of Scientific Research and Management Vol. 8; no. 5; pp. 1748 - 1760
Main Authors KOC, Selahattin, ŞENOL, Zekai
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.05.2020
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Summary:The effect of firm size, growth and capital structure on firm profit rates has been searched by economists for several decades. The aim of this paper is to investigate the impacts of size, liquidity, growth and capital structure decisions on profitability in Stock Exchange Istanbul (BIST). For this aim, annual data of 114 manufacturing industry companies which are active at the moment in BIST. The financial data set covers the period 2005-2017. Results of the study using panel data analysis shows that while the ratios with regarding capital structure decisions negatively affect profitability, whereas size liquidity and growth positively affects profitability.
ISSN:2321-3418
2321-3418
DOI:10.18535/ijsrm/v8i05.em01