Solvency Profitability and Financial Performance
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Introduction
A rise in competitiveness for company owners is a result of changes in the global economy.
One of the factors contributing to Indonesia's growing degree of business rivalry is the creation
of several new types of company activity. The sophistication of technology at the moment
supports this economic development as well. All individuals now have easier access to
information thanks to technological advancements, including customers who utilize it as well
as company owners who supply goods or services. For the sake of the long-term viability of
their organization, business owners must thus stay informed of changes in the global economy
and enhance operating efficiency.
In 2020, Indonesia overtook China and India as the world's third-largest producers of
bamboo, making bamboo the official building material of the Republic of Indonesia at the time
(Asmarini, 2021). Despite being the fourth-largest economy in the world, Indonesia, the impact
of Covid 19 goes to coal producers. As a result of the 2019 Covid Pandemic, coal producers
are urged to engage in large-scale social networking initiatives so that their business initiatives
can no longer be carried out with the utmost efficiency. This might result in certain batutabara
manufacturers experiencing financial difficulties, which would make their business's
operations less profitable.
According to initial assumptions, a business is designed to satisfy every customer, but
for the owner, the goal of the initiative at hand is to promote peace by exerting the greatest
amount of labor. By increasing company productivity and employee motivation in order to
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monitor the growth of the industry in the future, profits may succeed to the greatest extent
possible. In terms of company performance, a company will achieve maximum profit if it can
judge the efficacy and efficiency of its performance. This may be seen and understood from
the business's approved bank statement.
For both internal and external users, financial reports are one of the most crucial
standards. Financial reports can be utilized by externals as a guidance when choosing between
different financing and investment options. Internally, financial reports are used to assess
business performance and inform management choices. In order for consumers to have a
comprehensive image of the company's operational operations and financial status, companies
must be able to provide financial reports simply and properly. Financial ratio analysis must be
done to examine financial reports before they can be used as a source of information for
consumers. The study of solvency and profitability ratios is one of the financial measures used
to judge the financial performance of the organization.
If the company's solvency ratio study shows that it is in a solvable state—that is, that its
total assets exceed its liabilities—then the company's financial situation may be regarded as
sound. The debt to equity ratio (DER) computation can be used to determine a company's
viability. According to Darmawan (2020), DER is a ratio that identifies the split between debt
and equity financing. In other words, the equity employed as debt collateral is shown by this
percentage. Because they won't have to worry about the firm going bankrupt because of its
debt, investors will be willing to contribute money when they know the company is in a
manageable situation, meaning the value of debt financing to equity is low.
According to Silfina & Gunawan (2019) the performance of the firm (return on assets)
is significantly impacted by solvency as measured by DER. According to Sijabat (2020),
financial performance was significantly positively impacted by solvency as determined by
DER. The debt to equity ratio, as reported by Sari et al. (2021), also has a little impact on
financial performance. These findings deviate from those of Diana & Osesoga (2020) study,
which found that solvency had no impact on financial performance. The findings of this study
are consistent with those of research by Miranti, (2020), which found that partially measuring
solvency by DER had little impact on financial performance.
If a business can produce maximum profit with the least amount of sacrifice, it is seen as
excellent. The profitability ratio, which assesses management's success in generating the
highest return possible from all resources available, is the metric used to gauge this. According
to Darmawan (2020), strong profitability indicates that a business can deliver positive returns
on its investments and keep its long-term viability. Profitability also demonstrates the
company's future potential, which helps investors see the business as having sound financial
management and being able to pay back financiers fairly.
There were conflicting findings in a number of research that looked at how profitability
affected financial success. According to Miranti (2020), profitability is determined by net profit
margin, and Asniwati (2020), which determines profitability by return on assets, all of these
metrics have a marginally significant impact on financial performance. Their research's
findings contrast from those of Astutik et al. (2019), who found no relationship between
profitability and financial success.
According to the justification given, there continue to be discrepancies between the
findings of earlier studies and the phenomena that exist in mining firms, making it worthwhile
to continue researching financial performance. As a result, the purpose of this study is to
reconsider how profitability and solvency affect the financial performance of a corporation.
Since solvency influences financial performance, the study topic is if it does. Do profits have
an impact on how well a business performs financially?
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Based on Jusup (2011), profitability ratio analysis assesses a company's profit and
operating performance while also analyzing the efficacy of management operations through
time. The amount of net profit margin produced by the firm may be used to gauge the profit
and success of operations. The greater a company's net profit margin, the more operational
operations it does within one productive time. Furthermore, strong operational activity
management may be observed in the company's capacity to use its assets to create sales
throughout that time period. This may be observed in a company's asset turnover (total assets
turnover). The greater the company's overall asset turnover rate, the more efficiently it uses its
assets to create sales.
Financial Performance
In the words of Wahyudi & Sitohang (2017), financial performance is a firm's success that
indicates the level of soundness of the company using benchmarks based on standards and
criteria for a certain period. Financial performance is required by the firm in order to understand
the description of the financial state and then evaluate the company's level of success based on
the financial activities carried out by the organization.
Miranti (2020) says financial performance is an assessment of a company's efficiency
and productivity in the financial sector that is done on a regular basis based on the company's
financial reports. Financial performance indicates the outcomes produced by the firm for the
management that was carried out, as evidenced by the profit made during that period. The
higher the rate of return, the bigger the company's profit. The return on assets of a corporation
is one metric that may be used to gauge a company's success in producing profits. The higher
a corporation's return on assets, the higher its rate of return, suggesting superior corporate
success. As a result, higher corporate performance suggests that the corporation can use its
assets efficiently to maximize earnings.
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performance (ROA). The following hypothesis is offered based on the theory and outcomes of
past research:
H2a: Total asset turnover influences financial performance
The Impact of Debt to Equity Ratio, Total Asset Turnover, and Net Profit Margin on
Financial Performance
Managers frequently use financial ratios as a baseline to evaluate corporate success. The
solvency and profitability ratios are thought to be capable of accurately representing the
company's financial status. The return ratio and bankruptcy forecast are two criteria that
investors might evaluate. A solvable firm demonstrates that the company can withstand the
long term. A prosperous corporation demonstrates that the company is capable of providing
good earnings to investors. A debt-to-equity ratio, total asset turnover, and a high net profit
margin indicate that the firm is able to manage its finances in such a way that debt is used
sparingly while producing maximum returns. This is consistent with the findings of Christianti
et al. (2017) who discovered that net profit margin, return on total equity, debt to equity ratio,
and total assets turnover all have a substantial impact on a company's financial success. The
hypothesis provided is based on the above theory and past study results:
H3: Debt to equity ratio, total assets turnover, and net profit margin influences
financial performance
Solvency
Debt to Equity Ratio (X1) H1
Financial Performance (Y)
Return on Total Assets
Profitability H2a
Total Assets Turnover (X2) H2b
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Research Method
This study focused on coal mining firms that were listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange
between 2016 and 2022. The yearly financial reports of coal mining businesses listed on the
Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2016 to 2022 are the subject of this study.
The dependent variable in this study is Financial Performance. Return on total assets
(ROA) is used to quantify financial performance (Y) in this study. This is because the return
on total assets is thought to be capable of summarizing the company's financial performance
by comparing earnings after tax to average total assets. The formula for calculating the return
on total assets is as follows:
Solvency and profitability were employed as independent variables in this study. The
debt to equity ratio (DER) is a proxy for solvency. While total assets turn over (TATO) and
net profit margin (NPM) are used to approximate profitability. The profitability ratio defines
asset utilization and operating performance.
Debt to equity ratio (DER) is used to proxies solvency. The following is the formula used
to calculate the debt to equity ratio:
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Total asset turnover is used to approximate profitability by describing asset use. The
formula for calculating total asset turnover is as follows:
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Total assets turnover = +,)"(-) &#&(. (//)&/ ............................ (Eq.3)
Net profit margin is a term used to describe operating performance and is used to increase
profitability. The net profit margin is calculated using the following formula:
Secondary data is used in this investigation. The annual financial reports of coal mining
businesses listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the period 2016-2022 were
utilized in this study; the data was obtained from the websites www.idx.co.id and the
company's official website.
Purposive sampling was utilized, and the following sampling criteria were applied (1)
mining businesses in the coal sub-sector that were listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange
between 2016 and 2022 and were still in operation at the conclusion of the 2022 timeframe;
and (2) mining businesses in the coal subsector that publish their full financial reports on the
Indonesia Stock Exchange between 2016 and 2022.
Multiple regression analysis was done to assess the influence of each variable, either
partially or concurrently, to test hypothesis 1, hypothesis 2, hypothesis 3, hypothesis 4, and
hypothesis 5. This study's multiple regression model is as follows:
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where ROAit is the financial performance of company i in year t, αit is company constant i in
year t, β1DERit is debt to equity ratio of company i in year t, β2TATOit is total assets turn over
of company i in year t, β3NPMit is net profit margin of company i in year t, and εit is company
i error in year t.
The number of samples (N) is 147, as shown in the descriptive statistics table above.
ROA, as a proxy for financial success, has a minimum value of -0.173, a maximum value of
0.572, an average value of 0.083, and a standard deviation of 0.121. The DER-proxied solvency
variable has a minimum value of -2.114, a maximum value of 34.056, an average value of
1.766, and a standard deviation of 3.821. The TATO-proxied profitability variable has a
minimum value of 0.005, a maximum value of 2.562, an average value of 0.880, and a standard
deviation of 0.571. NPM's profitability variable has a minimum value of -2.189, a maximum
value of 13.978, an average value of 0.213, and a standard deviation of 1.474.
Before evaluating the hypothesis, the classical assumptions must be tested to ensure that
the regression equation has estimation accuracy, is not biased, and is consistent. The traditional
assumption tests used include the normality test, multicollinearity test, autocorrelation test, and
heteroscedasticity test. The traditional assumption test in this study was met based on the test
findings, allowing a regression analysis test to be performed.
The results of the test for the coefficient of determination (R2) are reported in Table 2
from the Adjusted R Square of 0.846. This demonstrates that the dependent variables, namely
debt to equity ratio (DER), total assets turnover (TATO), and net profit margin (NPM), have
an effect on the dependent variable, namely financial performance (ROA) of 84.6%. The
remaining 15.4% is explained by factors outside of this research. Based on the t test in the table
above, it may be partially read as the effect of the relationship between the independent factors,
namely the debt to equity ratio (DER), total assets turnover (TATO), and net profit margin
(NPM), on the dependent variable, namely financial performance.
The hypothesis testing produced by the t-test findings of 0.205 in Table 2 is positive with
a significance value of less than 0.05. As a result, hypothesis 1 (that DER has an influence on
financial performance) may be determined to be validated by evidence. According to Sijabat
(2020), Asniwati (2020), Silfina & Gunawan (2019), Fibriyanti (2018), Tasmil et al. (2019),
and Sari et al. (2021), solvency as assessed by the debt to equity ratio has a substantial influence
on financial performance.
The debt to equity ratio (DER) is a ratio that indicates how the amount of financing
carried out by the corporation is the proportion of debt to equity. So, the higher the DER value,
the better the company's capacity to manage its finances. As a result, the firm will readily attract
further foreign money because it is seen capable of producing returns through its activities. So
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when a firm receives foreign cash, it can increase its financial performance since more capital
implies more possibility to profit.
The t test results received from the hypothesis testing table were 0.437, with a
significance value of less than 0.05. As a result, hypothesis 2a, stating that TATO has an
influence on financial performance, may be determined to be supported by evidence. These
findings support the findings of Putry & Erawati (2013) and Wahyudi & Sitohang (2017), who
found that total assets turnover (TATO) has a partially favorable and substantial influence on
financial performance.
Total assets turn over (TATO) is a ratio that reflects how much money is made with the
assets that are held. If a corporation has a high total assets turnover, it suggests that total assets
turnover can be used effectively and efficiently. The stronger the company's capacity to manage
assets, the higher the sales generated by asset turnover. As a result, the larger the overall asset
turnover, the better the financial performance of the organization.
The t test results received from the hypothesis testing table were 0.940 with a significance
value less than 0.05. As a result, hypothesis 2b, stating that NPM has an influence on financial
performance, may be determined to be supported by data. These findings are consistent with
study by Putry & Erawati (2013), Widiyawati et al. (2021), and Wahyudi & Sitohang (2017),
which found that net profit margin (NPM) had a minor impact on financial performance.
Net profit margin (NPM) is a statistic that reflects how much net profit a firm may
produce from its sales. If a corporation has a high net profit margin, it suggests that it can
effectively distribute sales revenues. The greater a company's capacity to allocate the revenues
of its sales, the more effective and efficient its financial performance will be. As a result, the
bigger the net profit margin, the better the financial performance of the organization.
The estimated F test results from the hypothesis testing table above are 143.643, with a
significance value of less than 0.05. As a result, the debt-to-equity ratio (DER), total assets
turnover (TATO), and net profit margin (NPM) all have an impact on financial performance.
These findings are consistent with the findings of Christianti et al. (2017), who discovered that
the net profit margin, debt to equity ratio, and total assets turnover all have a substantial impact
on the financial success of a firm.
Financial ratios are ratios that are thought to be capable of representing a company's
financial status at a certain point in time. Debt to equity ratio, total assets turnover, and net
profit margin are examples of financial ratios. The debt to equity ratio, total assets turnover,
and net profit margin all have a substantial impact on the company's financial success at the
same time. That is, the greater the debt to equity ratio, total assets turnover, and net profit
margin, the better the company's financial performance, and vice versa. A low debt-to-equity
ratio, a high total asset turnover, and a high net profit margin indicate that the corporation can
manage its finances to reduce debt while producing maximum returns.
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Conclusion
The purpose of this study is to look at the impact of solvency, as measured by the debt to equity
ratio, and profitability, as measured by total assets turnover and net profit margin, on financial
performance as measured by return on total assets from 2016 to 2022. This research's sample
consisted of 21 coal mining enterprises that matched the criteria for inclusion in the study. In
general, based on the 4 hypotheses provided, it may be inferred that the four hypotheses are
accepted. This suggests that the debt-to-equity ratio, as a proxy for solvency, influences
financial performance. Then, proximal profitability, total asset turnover, and net profit margin
all have an impact on financial success. At the same time, the debt-to-equity ratio, total asset
turnover, and net profit margin all have an impact on financial success..
This study has some limitations, including the fact that the sample is confined to the coal
mining sector and only covers the years 2016-2022. This study's variable indicators are
confined to three independent variables: debt to equity ratio (DER), total assets turnover
(TATO), and net profit margin (NPM). Future study should broaden the sample and lengthen
the research time since the greater the number of samples and population employed, the higher
the quality of the research results. Furthermore, subsequent study can employ the same
variables but with alternative ratios, such as solvency being assessed by debt to assets ratio or
profitability being measured by fixed assets turnover or gross profit margin. Furthermore,
rather than return on total assets, financial success can be proxied by other indicators, such as
sales or other measurements.
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