The performance and risk of Hartalega Holdings Berhad

Wong, Kah Wai (2017): The performance and risk of Hartalega Holdings Berhad.

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to investigate the overall performance of Hartalega Holdings Berhad and specific risk factors and macroeconomic factors are influence on profitability performance. The data obtained from annual report of Hartalega Holdings Berhad during the years 2011 to 2015. The measurement of financial ratios and regression analysis used to see the overall performance and risk of the company. The study found that performance of the company is unfavourable due to the decreasing movements in liquidity ratio, profitability ratio and asset efficiency ratio. Moreover, debt-to-equity and inflation are the risk variables with highest impact on profitability performances, where the debt-to-equity is positive significance while inflation is positive insignificance.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Performance, Specific Risk, Macroeconomic Risk, Profitability
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G3 - Corporate Finance and Governance

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