The relationship of capital structure on firm performance in Malaysia oil & gas industry / Nur Syamimi Rajiah Shukor

• Main Author: Shukor, Nur Syamimi Rajiah
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Investment, capital formation, speculation; Gas industry
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/62251/2/62251.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/62251/

The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship of capital structure on firm performance in Malaysia oil & gas industry. The return of asset (ROA) is chosen as dependent variables in this study. There are five independent variables to be used which are Long-term debt (LTD), Short-term debt (STD), Total Debt (TD), Growth Opportunities (G), and Size of Firm (S). Quarterly data is gathered over period 2012 to 2019. The data is gathered from quarterly report of Petronas. A multiple linear regression is use in this study. Furthermore, econometric tests are employed to observe the relationship of capital structure on Petronas performance. Interactive software package E-views would be used for testing and analysing the data collected. Besides, the expected finding is long-term debt, short-term debt, and total debt were not significant at 5% significance level with ROA. Moreover, size of firm and growth opportunities found a positively significant with ROA.