Effect of Profitability (RoA) and Liquidity (CR) on Profit Growth in Companies Pharmaceutical Sector IDX

Abstract

Profit growth is important for the sustainability of the company. At this particular time, covid-19 is a problem everywhere. So the pharmaceutical industry is being encouraged by the government to continue to build a good and more integrated structure. Profit growth can be analyzed using financial ratios. The financial ratios used in this study are liquidity, profitability, and company growth. This study used a purposive sampling technique. The research population used is pharmaceutical companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) 2015-2019 with a total sample of 9 companies. The result of this study is that profitability has a positive relationship with profit growth and also has a significant effect. On the other hand, liquidity has a negative relationship with profit growth but is not significant. Simultaneously, profitability and liquidity have a significant positive relationship to profit growth.