The Impact of Working Capital Management on Corporate’s Performance: Evidence from Egypt

Abstract

Financial management has two main objectives profit and wealth maximization, well organized management of WC components should contribute to the achievement of these objectives. This study clarified the factors which affect WCM, which consequently will affect the business health as a whole and this will influence corporate ’performance and its corporate value. The study will examine the relation between firms profitability and its corporate value by applying panel data analysis on16 companies registered in the Egyptian stock market during the period from 2013 to 2017.The performance of companies is measured through profitability using return on assets (ROA) and firms value were measured by Tobin’s Q (TQ) ratio. The working capital management was measured by using current assets ratio (CAR), quick ratio (QR) and cash ratio (CR).