Dampak karakteristik perusahaan terhadap leverage ratio di industri property, real estate dan building construction yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI)
P enelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui dampak karakteristik perusahaan terhadapleverage ratio. Sampel yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah perusahaanproperty, real estate dan building construction yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesiaperiode 2014 – 2020. Variabel independen dalam penelitian ini adalah tangibility,profitability, firm’s size, growth opportunities, non-debt tax shield, business risk,firm’s age, liquidity dan variabel dependen adalah leverage ratio yang diukurmenggunakan short-term leverage, long-term leverage dan total leverage. Jumlahsampel penelitian ini adalah sebanyak 37 perusahaan property, real estate dan buildingconstruction yang diambil menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Berdasarkanhasil regresi data panel menunjukkan bahwa tangibility memiliki pengaruh positif dansignifikan terhadap long-term leverage dan total leverage. Profitability memilikipengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap total leverage. Business risk, firm’s age danliquidity memiliki pengaruh negatif dan signifikan terhadap short-term leverage dantotal leverage. Sedangkan firm’s size, growth opportunities dan non-debt tax shieldtidak memiliki pengaruh signifikan terhadap short-term leverage, long-term leveragedan total leverage. Hasil penelitian ini dapat diharapkan memberikan masukan bagiperusahaan, kreditur dan investor agar mempertimbangkan tangibility, profitabilit business risk, firm’s age dan liquidity karena hal tersebut dapat memengaruhi tingkatleverage ratio.
T his research to determine impacts of firm’s characteristics on leverage ratio. Sampelused in this research is property, real estate and building construction companies listedon Indonesia Stock Exchange for period 2014 – 2020. The independent variabels inthis study are tangibility, profitability, firm’s size, growth opportunities, non-debt taxshield, business risk, firm’s age, liquidity and the dependent variabel is leverage ratiowhich is measured by short-term leverage, long-term leverage and total leverage. Thenumber of sampel in this research are 37 property, real estate and building constructioncompanies by using purposive sampling technique. Based on the result of panel dataregression model indicates that tangibility has a positive and significant impact onlong-term leverage and total leverage. Profitability has a negative and significantimpact on total leverage. Business risk, firm’s age and liquidity have a negative andsignificant impact on short-term leverage and total leverage. Meanwhile firm’s size,growth opportunities and non-debt tax shield have no impact on short-term leverage,long-term leverage and total leverage. The result of this research are expected to bethe reference for the companies, creditors and investors to pay attention to tangibility,profitability, business risk, firm’s age and liquidity because it can be impact onleverage ratio