Effect of free cash flow, company size, and leverage on stock return with dividend policy as a moderation variable

Section: Articles Published Date: 2023-06-12 Pages: 01-19 Views: 190 Downloads: 59

Authors

  • ACHMAD FADEL FARID Master of Accounting, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University Makassar.
  • AMIRUDDIN Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University Makassar
  • NADHIRAH NAGU Faculty of Economics and Business, Hasanuddin University Makassar
PDF : Effect of free cash flow, company size, and leverage on stock return with dividend policy as a moderation variable
10.33826/ijmras/vo6i06.1

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of (1) free cash flow on stock returns , (2) company size on stock returns , (3) Leverage on stock returns (4) dividend policy in moderating free cash flow on stock returns , (5) dividend policy in moderating firm size on stock returns , (6) dividend policy in moderating free cash flow on returns stock .

This research uses quantitative research methods. The sampling procedure in this study was based on a purposive sampling method, the population in this study amounted to 13 companies with 65 data. This study uses

secondary data, which is obtained from the internet through the official IDX website ( www.idx.co.id ) and the official website of each company. The statistical method used to test the hypothesis is by using the SPSS statistical application.

The results showed that free cash flow and firm size had a positive effect, and leverage had a negative effect on stock returns. While the moderating effect in this study, dividend policy strengthens the effect of free cash flow and firm size on stock returns and dividend policy does not moderate the effect of leverage on stock returns.

Keywords

Free Cash Flow, Company Size, Leverage, Stock Returns and Dividend Policy