Influence of financial performance on underpricing of shares

Differences in shares prices before being traded on the secondary market caused investors to prefer to buy shares through the initial market at a much lower set price (underpricing of shares The Company wants to signal open information in terms of financial statements to investors by publishing a prospectus financial statement containing the financial performance of the company so that the company can make the right decisions regarding future investments and avoid information asymmetry (Guiness, 1992). This research aims to empirically test independent variables namely financial performance against variable dependent underpricing shares of banking corporations in 2019-2020, both simultaneously and partially. This study sampled as many as 60 banking corporations taken by purposive sampling methods. This study sampled as many as 60 banking corporations taken by purposive sampling methods. This research uses a quantitative approach through multiple regression analysis testing. The researcher found by partially testing that Earnings Per Share (X4), and Price Earning Ratio (X5) variables together influenced on Of Shares underpricing, whereas, the Current Ratio (X1), Return on Equity-ROE (X1), and Return of Assets-ROA (X3) variables had no significant influence on under-pricing of shares.