The Impact of Debt Financing on Financial Performance: Evidence from Retail Firms Listed on Jse
Keywords:
Debt financing; Retail firms; financial performanceAbstract
The study investigates the debt financing on financial performance, focusing on Retail firms listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange for a period of ten 10 years from 2010 to 2019. The fixed effects (FE), random effects (RE), pooled effect and the Generalized Least Square (GLS) panel data regression analysis models was applied using the financial performance ratios, Return on Equity (ROE) is used as the profitability measure and is the dependent variable, whereas; lagged ROE (LROE), Long Term Debt to Total Asset (LTDA), Total Debt to Total Asset (TDA) are used as independent variables, while Size, Sales Growth are used as control variables. The study found that LROE, TDA and GRS strongly influence financial performance (ROE) with high statistically significant of 1% level where as LTDA and SZ negatively influence financial performance with a statistically significant of 1% and 5% respectively. The study will assist retail firms to make a good decision when financing their assets to increase profit. The study contributes to literature and inform all stakeholders in the retail sector to make a profitable form of financing.
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Udeh, S.N., Nwude, E., Itiri, I. & Agbadua, B. (2016). The impact of debt structure on firm performance: Empirical evidence from Nigerian quoted firms. Asian Economic and Financial Review, vol. 6, No. 11, pp 647-660.
Ebaid, I.E.S. (2009). The impact of capital‐structure choice on firm performance: empirical evidence from Egypt. The journal of risk Finance, Vol. 10, No. 5, pp.477-487.
Modigliani, F. & Miller, M.H. (1958). The cost of capital, corporation finance and the theory of investment. The American economic review, Vol.48, No. 3, pp. 291-297.
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Iorpev, L. & Kwanum, I.M., (2012). Capital structure and firm performance: Evidence from manufacturing companies in Nigeria. International Journal of Business and Management Tomorrow, Vol. 2, No. 5, pp1-17.
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Ukko, J.K., (2009). Managing through measurement: A framework for successful operative level performance measurement. Lappeenranta University of Technology.
Kajananthan, R., (2012). Effect of corporate governance on capital structure: case of the Srilankan listed manufacturing companies. Researchers World, Vol. 3, No.4, pp.63-71.
Kajirwa, H.I., (2015). Effects of debt on firm performance: A survey of commercial banks listed on Nairobi Securities Exchange. Global Journal of Advanced Research, Vol. 2, No.6, pp.1025-1029.
Magoro, K. & Abeywardhana, D. (2017). Debt capital and financial performance: A study of South African companies. International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, Vol. 4, No.4, pp.71-84.
Chen, L.J. & Chen, S.Y., (2011). How the pecking-order theory explain capital structure. Journal of International Management Studies, Vol,6, No.3, pp.92-100.
Magoro, K. & Abeywardhana, D., (2017). Debt capital and financial performance: A study of South African companies. International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, Vol4, No.4, pp.71-84.
Mansi, S., Nguyen, A. & Wald, J.K., (2013). Severance agreements, incentives, and the cost of debt. Virginia Tech University working paper, available at http://ssrn. com/abstract= 2228300.
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Nyamita, M.O., Dorasamy, N. & Garbharran, H.L., 2015. How Debt Financing Decisions Relate with Financial Performance of State-Owned Corporations In Kenya. International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER), Vol 14, No. 4, pp.701-726.
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Tauseef, S., Lohano, H. D., & Khan, S. A., (2015). Effect of debt financing on corporate financial performance: evidence from textile firms in Pakistan. Pakistan business review, pp, 904-914.
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Tharshiga M., (2013). Effect of debt on corporate profitability (listed hotel companies Sri Lanka). European Journal of Business and Management, Vol.5, No.30, pp.13-18.
Velnampy, T. and Nimalathasan, B., (2010). Firm size on profitability: A comparative study of Bank of Ceylon and Commercial Bank of Ceylon Ltd in Srilanka. Global Journal of Management and Business Research, Vol. 10, No 2, pp. 96–100.
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2020-09-07
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Mamaro, L. P., & Legotlo, T. G. (2020). The Impact of Debt Financing on Financial Performance: Evidence from Retail Firms Listed on Jse: Array. The Journal of Accounting and Management, 10(3). Retrieved from https://dj.univ-danubius.ro/index.php/JAM/article/view/318
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