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The Impact of Audited Financial Statement Announcements on Stock Returns and Liquidity: Evidence from LQ45 Companies in Indonesia

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This study examines the impact of Audited Financial Statement Announcements on Stock Return and Stock Liquidity in companies listed in the LQ45 index on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the 2021-2023 period. Using a quantitative approach, this research analyzes time-series data over an 11-day event window (five days before, the announcement day, and five days after). A total of 33 companies were selected through purposive sampling based on specific criteria. Stock liquidity is measured using trading volume activity and bid-ask spread, while data analysis was conducted using descriptive statistics and paired sample t-tests. The findings indicate that (1) audited financial statement announcements significantly affect stock liquidity-both trading volume and bid-ask spread-in the short term; (2) there is no significant impact on stock returns across all event periods; and (3) overall, the market responds more strongly in terms of liquidity than price movement, suggesting that audited financial reports serve as relevant signals for investor behavior, particularly in emerging markets.

The Effect of Profitability, Liquidity, and Leverage on Stock Returns with Inflation and Interest Rates as Moderating Variables in Energy Sector Companies Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the Period 2018 – 2023

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The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze whether profitability, liquidity, and leverage affect stock returns with inflation and interest rates as moderating variables in energy sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2018-2023 period. This study was conducted based on information obtained at the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The sampling technique used purposive sampling. The population in this study were 87 energy companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2018-2023 period, with a sample size of 55 companies and 330 observations. Hypothesis testing uses pooled data regression analysis using the EViews application. The results of this study indicate that profitability has a positive effect on stock returns, liquidity has no effect on stock returns. While leverage has a negative effect on stock returns. Inflation is able to moderate the effect of profitability on stock returns, but is unable to moderate the effect of liquidity on stock returns. Interest rates are able to moderate the effect of leverage on stock returns.

Impact of Financial Performance and Economic Value Added (EVA) On Stock Returns before and after Covid-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Telecommunications Companies Listed on IDX

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This research aims to investigate the impact of financial performance and Economic Value Added (EVA) on stock returns of telecommunication companies listed in the Indonesia Stock Exchange before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial performance in this research is proxied by Return on Assets (ROA), Return on Equity (ROE), Price-Earnings Ratio (PER), Debt-to-Equity Ratio (DER), Net Profit Margin (NPM), and Earnings per Share (EPS). The study employs a purposive sampling method and selects 10 companies in the telecommunication sub-sector for analysis. The type of research used is a quantitative research design, including Panel Data regression analysis and the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test. The findings of this study show that ROA, ROE, and PER significantly impacted stock returns before COVID-19, however, this impact did not exist after the pandemic; DER, NPM, and EPS consistently affect stock returns both before and after the pandemic; and EVA only becomes significant after the pandemic. Simultaneously, ROA, ROE, PER, DER, NPM, EPS, and EVA influenced stock returns before COVID-19, but they did not have any impact after the pandemic. Despite these individual shifts, there are no significant differences in overall financial performance metrics and stock returns between the before and after COVID-19 periods. Future research should consider additional financial metrics or external factors such as market volatility, inflation rates, or industry-specific variables to provide a more comprehensive understanding of stock return determinants.

Analysis of the Effect of Investor Sentiment, Liquidity, Solvency, and Economic Value Added (EVA) on Stock Returns with Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a Moderating Variable in Health Sector Companies (Healthcare) Listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) Period 2018 -2022

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The purpose of this study was to analyze how the influence of investor sentiment, liquidity, solvency, and economic value added can affect stock returns with moderation by corporate social responsibility disclosure in health sector companies (healthcare) listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the period 2018-2022. This research was conducted on health sector companies (healthcare) listed on the IDX, data information was obtained through the official website of the Indonesia Stock Exchange www.idx.com, the sampling technique used purposive sampling with a population of 33 health companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2018-2022 and a sample of 13 companies. Testing is done with panel data analysis regression and Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA) utilizing E-views statistical data processing software. The results of this study indicate that the variables of investor sentiment, liquidity, and economic value added have no significant effect on stock returns, while solvency variables have a significant effect on stock returns. Corporate social responsibility disclosure is also unable to moderate the relationship of investor sentiment, liquidity, solvency, and economic value added to stock returns.

Analysis of the Probability of Financial Distress as a Moderating Variable that Influences Stock Returns in Coal Companies (2018-2022)

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This research was conducted to examine and analyze the influence of operating activity cash flow, investing activity cash flow, financing activity cash flow, liquidity, and total asset turnover as independent variables on stock returns as the dependent variable, along with the ability of probability financial distress to moderate the relationship between the independent variable and the variable dependent. The research method in this research is quantitative research with panel data regression analysis using the EViews application. The research object in this study is coal companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the 2018-2022 period. The sampling technique used purposive sampling and found 130 observations. The research results show that operating activity cash flow has a positive effect on stock returns. Meanwhile, investing activity cash flow, financing activity cash flow, liquidity, and total asset turnover have no effect on stock returns. The probability of financial distress is unable to moderate the relationship between operating activity cash flow, investing activity cash flow, financing activity cash flow, liquidity, and total asset turnover with stock returns.