Comparative Analysis of Financial Performance Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic Period 2018-2021 (Subsector Automotive and Component Companies Listed on Idx)

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic triggered a massive turmoil in uncertainty and big impact on health care, mobility, social activities and economic growth. That low economic growth lead business activities of companies in transformation. This study aims to observe the differences in financial performance of automotive and component companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange before and during Covid-19 pandemic 2018-2021 period. The population used is automotive and component companies listed on Indonesia Stock Exchange, determined based on the purposive sampling method with the criteria which is companies have been publishing their financial statement and annual report until 2021, resulting 10 companies as research samples. Research type in this study is event study. Secondary data used as sourced data. Analysis method of data using descriptive test and wilcoxon signed ranked test, with a software SPSS ver 26. The result shows there were no significant difference in the liquidity measured by current ratio, along with profitability measured by return on asset, return on equity and net profit margin in the automotive and component companies between before and during pandemic period. Meanwhile, companies’ activity measured by receivable turnover and total asset turnover have significant difference between before and during pandemic period.