Peran Informasi Fundamental Dalam Memprediksi Financial Distress Perusahaan

Abstract

Topics related to financial distress need to be reviewed, especially in unstable economicconditions. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of profitability, leverage,liquidity, and firm size on financial distress. The research method used is a quantitativemethod. This study was conducted on LQ45 companies listed on the Indonesia StockExchange, and this study used secondary data for the 2015-2019 period. The sample usedas many as 28 companies through purposive sampling method. The analytical methodused is panel data regression analysis technique. The results of this study indicate that thevariables of profitability, liquidity, and firm size have a positive and significant effect onfinancial distress. Furthermore, the leverage variable has no significant effect on financialdistress. The managerial implication of the research is that managers need to pay attentionto the details of the company's liquidity conditions to reduce the consequences of financialdistress.