...Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability 1 IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON PROFITABILITY Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability of Textile Sector of Pakistan Sumaira Tufail Hailey College of Commerce University of the Punjab, Lahore Sumaira_08sep@yahoo.com This paper has been presented in the organized by School of Business and Economics University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan This paper has been included in the conference proceedings with good intentions, where the conference and its organizers are not liable at all for the contents of this paper and / or any part of it. For more information about the conference please visit the conference website: http://cgr.umt.edu.pk/icobm2013/index.html or write the organizers at icobm@umt.edu.pk Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Business Management (ISBN: 978-969-9368-07-3) Impact of Working Capital Management on Profitability 2 ABSTRACT Working capital can be considered as source of existence for a financial body and management of working capital is regarded as one of the most essential part of business management. This study aims to find out the impact of working capital policies on profitability. Return on assets is used as a measure of profitability. Current assets to total assets ratio is used to compute the investment policy of working capital management and to determine financing policy of working capital management current liabilities to total assets ratio...
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...htm Working Capital Management and Corporate Performance of Manufacturing Sector in Pakistan Abdul Raheman PhD Scholar, Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS Islamabad & Asst. Professor, University Institute of Management Sciences PMAS-Arid Agri. University Rawalpindi E-mail: abdulrehman@uaar.edu.pk Talat Afza Professor & Dean, Faculty of Management Sciences, COMSATS Lahore, Pakistan E-mail: talatafza@ciitlahore.edu.pk Abdul Qayyum Professor / Registrar, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad E-mail: abdulqayyum@pide.org.pk Mahmood Ahmed Bodla Professor & Director, COMSATS Sahiwal, Pakistan E-mail: director@ciitsahiwal.edu.pk Abstract Working capital management plays a significant role in better performance of manufacturing firms. This paper analyzes the impact of working capital management on firm’s performance in Pakistan for the period 1998 to 2007. For this purpose, balanced panel data of 204 manufacturing firms is used which are listed on Karachi Stock Exchange. The results indicate that the cash conversion cycle, net trade cycle and inventory turnover in days are significantly affecting the performance of the firms. The manufacturing firms are in general facing problems with their collection and payment policies. Moreover, the financial leverage, sales growth and firm size also have significant effect on the firm’s profitability. The study also concludes that firms in Pakistan are following conservative working capital management...
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...British Journal of Economics, Finance and Management Sciences September 2012, Vol. 5 (2) The Effect of Working Capital Management on the Profitability of Turkish SMEs Ece C. KARADAGLI Cankaya University, Department of Banking and Finance Eskisehir Yolu 29. km, Ankara, 06810, Turkey Phone: (90) 312 233 12 04; Fax: (90) 312 233 10 27 E-mail: ece@cankaya.edu.tr 36 Abstract This paper focuses on the effects of working capital management as measured by cash conversion cycle and net trade cycle on the firm performance for a sample of Turkish listed companies and searches for potential differences between the profitability effects of working capital management for the SMEs and for the bigger companies with an accompanying aim to examine whether net trade cycle can efficiently substitute for cash conversion cycle as a measure of working capital management. The research is conducted for the period of 2002-2010 by using pooled panel analysis with annual data. The findings suggest that an increase in both the cash conversion cycle and the net trade cycle improves firm performance in terms of both the operating income and the stock market return for SMEs where as for bigger companies a decrease in cash conversion cycle and net trade cycle is associated with enhanced profitability. Besides, the findings also imply that managers can use net trade cycle instead of cash conversion cycle confidentially. Keywords: cash conversion cycle, net trade cycle, firm performance, SMEs, emerging economies...
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...BETWEEN WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND PROFITABLITY OF LISTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN GHANA Agyemang Badu Ebenezer Lecturer, Department of Business Administration Presbyterian University College, Ghana Michael Kwame Asiedu Lecturer, Department of Business Administration Presbyterian University College, Ghana ABSTRACT This study examines the effect of working capital management on the profitability of companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. Secondary data from the Ghana Stock Exchange on manufacturing companies within the Accra metropolis was used to examine whether working capital management influence the profitability of manufacturing companies in the country. The study found out that, the major component of working capital management such as inventory days, account payable and cash conversion cycle have influence on the profitability of manufacturing companies. The study recommended that, manufacturing companies should adopt efficient and effective ways of efficiently managing these components of working capital management. KEY WORDS: Working capital management, profitability, net operating profit 1.1 INTRODUCTION Working Capital Management has become very important in financial management because of its effects on the firm’s profitability, risk and consequently its value. There are several important reasons why the management of working capital is important to both small and large organisations. (Smith, 1980). A well designed and implemented working capital management...
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...This study empirically investigated impact of working capital management on profitability of Nigeria Breweries Plc. This research expands the horizon of knowledge in this area by shedding more light on working capital management as measured by the components of working capital, and how the individual components influence the profitability of Nigeria Breweries Plc. Using the ex-post factor research design, secondary data were extracted from the company’s annual report and accounts for the relevant period. The Ordinary Least Square (OLS) analytical technique was adopted for data analysis. The findings from this study indicate that current ratio positively correlate with profitability of Nigeria Breweries Plc which is proxied by return on capital...
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...300 Working Capital Management And Profitability – Case Of Pakistani Firms Abdul Raheman* and Mohamed Nasr ** Working Capital Management has its effect on liquidity as well on profitability of the firm. In this research, we have selected a sample of 94 Pakistani firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange for a period of 6 years from 1999 – 2004, we have studied the effect of different variables of working capital management including the Average collection period, Inventory turnover in days, Average payment period, Cash conversion cycle and Current ratio on the Net operating profitability of Pakistani firms. Debt ratio, size of the firm (measured in terms of natural logarithm of sales) and financial assets to total assets ratio have been used as control variables. Pearson’s correlation, and regression analysis (Pooled least square and general least square with cross section weight models) are used for analysis. The results show that there is a strong negative relationship between variables of the working capital management and profitability of the firm. It means that as the cash conversion cycle increases it will lead to decreasing profitability of the firm, and managers can create a positive value for the shareholders by reducing the cash conversion cycle to a possible minimum level. We find that there is a significant negative relationship between liquidity and profitability. We also find that there is a positive relationship between size of the firm and its profitability. There...
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...Trends in Working Capital Management and its Impact on Firms’ Performance: An Analysis of Mauritian Small Manufacturing Firms Kesseven Padachi* A well designed and implemented working capital management is expected to contribute positively to the creation of a firm’s value The purpose of this paper is to examine the trends in working capital management and its impact on firms’ performance. The trend in working capital needs and profitability of firms are examined to identify the causes for any significant differences between the industries. The dependent variable, return on total assets is used as a measure of profitability and the relation between working capital management and corporate profitability is investigated for a sample of 58 small manufacturing firms, using panel data analysis for the period 1998 – 2003. The regression results show that high investment in inventories and receivables is associated with lower profitability. The key variables used in the analysis are inventories days, accounts receivables days, accounts payable days and cash conversion cycle. A strong significant relationship between working capital management and profitability has been found in previous empirical work. An analysis of the liquidity, profitability and operational efficiency of the five industries shows significant changes and how best practices in the paper industry have contributed to performance. The findings also reveal an increasing trend in the short-term component of working capital...
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...300 Working Capital Management And Profitability – Case Of Pakistani Firms Abdul Raheman* and Mohamed Nasr ** Working Capital Management has its effect on liquidity as well on profitability of the firm. In this research, we have selected a sample of 94 Pakistani firms listed on Karachi Stock Exchange for a period of 6 years from 1999 – 2004, we have studied the effect of different variables of working capital management including the Average collection period, Inventory turnover in days, Average payment period, Cash conversion cycle and Current ratio on the Net operating profitability of Pakistani firms. Debt ratio, size of the firm (measured in terms of natural logarithm of sales) and financial assets to total assets ratio have been used as control variables. Pearson’s correlation, and regression analysis (Pooled least square and general least square with cross section weight models) are used for analysis. The results show that there is a strong negative relationship between variables of the working capital management and profitability of the firm. It means that as the cash conversion cycle increases it will lead to decreasing profitability of the firm, and managers can create a positive value for the shareholders by reducing the cash conversion cycle to a possible minimum level. We find that there is a significant negative relationship between liquidity and profitability. We also find that there is a positive relationship between size of the firm and its profitability. There...
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...Independent University, Bangladesh Semester: Spring 2016 Course Title: Business Research Methods Course Code: BUS 485 Section: 04 WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND ITS EFFECT ON PROFITABILITY ON BANGLADESHI BANKS S/L | NAME | ID | MARKS | | | | Report | Presentation | VIVA | 01 | Md. Nazmul Amin Naser | 1321552 | | | | 02 | Indrajit Bhowmik | 1321401 | | | | 03 | Heaven John Dessai | 1321488 | | | | 04 | Mahbubur Rahman | 1322001 | | | | Table of Content No. | Topics | Page No. | 1.0 | Introduction | 5 | 2.0 | Statement of the Problem | 6 | 3.0 | Purpose of the Study | 7 | 4. 0 | Literature Review | 8-17 | 4.1 | Return on Asset (DV) | 08-09 | 4.2 | Cash Conversion Cycle (IV) | 10-11 | 4.3 | Current Ratio (IV) | 11-12 | 4.4 | Current Assets to Total Assets Ratio (IV) | 13 | 4.5 | Current Liabilities to Total Assets Ratio (IV) | 14-15 | 4.6 | Relationship between Dependent and independent Variable | 15-17 | 5.0 | Conceptual Framework | 17 | 6.0 | Hypothesis | 18 | 7.0 | Research Design | 19-20 | 7.1 | Formal study | 19 | 7.2 | Monitoring | 19 | 7.3 | Ex Post Facto | 19 | 7.4 | Causal-Explanatory | 19 | 7.5 | Longitudinal | 19 | 7.6 | Statistical Studies | 20 | 7.7 | Simulation | 20 | 8.0 | Sampling | 20 | 8.1 | Sampling Size | 20 | 8.2 | Sampling Unit | 20 | 8.3 | Sampling Technique | 20 | 9.0 | Ratio Analysis | 21-26 | | Ratio | 21 | | Descriptive Statistics | 22-23 | | Correlation Analysis | 23-24 | | Regression...
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...EFFECTS OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON SME PROFITABILITY* Pedro Juan García-Teruel Dept. Organización de Empresas y Finanzas Facultad de Economía y Empresa Universidad de Murcia Campus Espinardo, s/n 30100 - Murcia (SPAIN) Tel: +34 968367828 Fax: +34 968367537 E-mail: pjteruel@um.es Pedro Martínez-Solano Dept. Organización de Empresas y Finanzas Facultad de Economía y Empresa Universidad de Murcia Campus Espinardo, s/n 30100 - Murcia (SPAIN) Tel: +34 968363747 Fax: +34 968367537 E-mail: pmsolano@um.es * Financial support from Fundación CajaMurcia is gratefully acknowledged. EFFECTS OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON SME PROFITABILITY ABSTRACT The objective of the research presented here is to provide empirical evidence about the effects of working capital management on the profitability of a sample of small and medium-sized Spanish firms. With this in mind, we collected a panel of 8,872 SMEs covering the period 1996-2002. The results, which are robust to the presence of endogeneity, demonstrate that managers can create value by reducing their firm’s number of days accounts receivable and inventories. Equally, shortening the cash conversion cycle also improves the firm’s profitability. Keywords: Working capital, profitability, SMEs. JEL codes: G3, G32. EFFECTS OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT ON SME PROFITABILITY 1.- Introduction The corporate finance literature has traditionally focused on the study of longterm financial decisions. Researchers have particularly...
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...RESEARCH TOPIC: THE IMPACT OF WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT POLICIES ON THE PROFITABILITY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: A STUDY OF SOME SELECTED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS IN GHANA 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background: Financial institutions exist to perform the main function of collecting excess monies in the system and advancing them in a form of loan. Hence the bulk of the working capital resource is loan advances and cash received from customers. Again, the influx and/or springing up of financial institutions in Ghana of late has created stiff competition. This situation is likely to make most firms relax their policies on working capital especially on loan advances to customers so as to maintain or increase their market share. This could lead to huge unpaid balances which may put the finances of the companies in danger given the fact that the depositors will one day come for their monies. These can have a telling effect on the cash flow position of the firm which indeed raises an issue of profitability and survival. The management of these core assets is vital to their survival. It is for these reasons that the researcher wants to identify the various working capital strategies used by these financial institutions in dealing with such situations and the consequences of such policies on the profitability of these firms. 1.2 Problem Statement: As the main provider of financial needs, the main debacle of financial institutions is not with the several services...
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...Investment Management and Financial Innovations, Volume 7, Issue 2, 2010 Faris Nasif Al-Shubiri (Jordan) Analysis of the relationship between working capital policy and operating risk: an empirical study on Jordanian industrial companies Abstract The study analyzes the working capital management practices and their impact on profitability and risk of industrial Jordanian firms for the period of 2004 to 2007. The total sample of the study consists of 59 industrial firms listed on Amman Stock Exchange. The working capital management practices examine the impact of aggressive/conservative working capital investment and financing policy and analyze through cross-sectional regression models the relationship between working capital policies and profitability as well as risk of the firms. Efficient management of working capital is a fundamental part of the overall corporate strategy aiming to create the shareholders’ value. Firms try to keep an optimal level of working capital that maximizes their value. The optimal level of working capital is determined to a large extent by the methods adopted for the management of current assets and liabilities. It requires continuous monitoring to maintain proper level in various components of working capital, i.e. cash receivables, inventory and payables, etc. The result indicates a negative relationship between the profitability measures of firms and degree of aggressiveness of working capital investment and financing policy. The firms yield negative...
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...Determinants of firm Short term Financing behavior: Evidence from Listed firms in Pakistan Muhammad Shahbaz 0132-BH-BAF-10 Faizan Saeed 1091-BH-BAF-10 Session: 2010---2014 Department Of Economics GC University, Lahore Determinants of firm short term financing behavior:Evidence of Listed firms in Pakistan | Submitted to GC University, Lahore in Partial fulfillment to the requirement For the award of degree of BS (Hons) In Business Accounting and Finance By Muhammad Shahbaz Faizan Saeed Roll No | 0132 | BH | BAF | 10 | Roll No | 1091 | BH | BAF | 10 | Session: 2010-2014 Department Of Economics GC University, Lahore RESEARCH COMPLETION CERTIFICATE It is certified that the research contained in this dissertation titled “Determinants of firm short term Financing behavior: Evidence from Listed Firms in Pakistan”, has been carried out and completed by Mr. Muhammad Shahbaz (Roll No 0132-BH-BAF-10) and Mr. Faizan Saeed (Roll No 1091-BH-BAF-10) under my guidance and supervision. The quantum and the quality of the work, contained in this dissertation, are adequate for the award of Degree of BS (Hons.) in Business Accounting and Finance Date: ______________________ ___________________ Mr. Nisar Ahmed Supervisor Department of Economics ...
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...Lecture Handouts for Chapter 5 Chapter 5 is covered in lectures 31 and 32. Risk and Return The return from an investment is the change in market price, plus any cash payments received due to ownership, divided by the beginning price. The risk of a security can be viewed as the variability of returns from those that are expected. Measurement of Risk The expected return is simply a weighted average of the possible returns, with the weights being the probabilities of occurrence. The conventional measure of dispersion, or variability, around an expected value is the standard deviation σ. The square of the standard deviation σ2 is known as the variance (σ2). The standard deviation can sometimes be misleading in comparing the risk, or uncertainty, surrounding alternative investments if they differ in size. To adjust for the size, or scale, problem, the standard deviation can be divided by the expected return to compute the coefficient of variation (CV) – a measure of “risk per unit of expected return.” Investor’s Attitude towards Risk Investors have different attitudes while deciding between the risk and return in an investment. Investors are, by and large, risk averse. This implies that they demand a higher expected return, the higher the risk. The expected return from a portfolio The expected return from a portfolio (or group) of investments is simply a weighted average of the expected returns of the securities comprising that portfolio. The weights are equal to the proportion...
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...Introduction This essay discusses the role of financial structures on the profitability and stability of companies and the role of financial statements prepared using historical cost convention and accruals concept in the decision making process. Both aspects of companies discussed here are of much importance as they directly affect companies, their financial condition and the representation of facts to the relevant users. The financial structure of a company reflects various sources the company has used to finance its operations. The financial statements provide vital information to users such as shareholders, managers, banks, tax authorities and research analysts to make important decisions. Financial Structure The financial structure of a firm is the way the assets and operations are financed. A company employs various modes of financing to acquire assets and support its operations. The financial structure includes components such as short term liabilities, long term debt and shareholders’ equity. Financial structure is different from capital structure as the capital structure only includes long term debt and shareholders’ equity and ignores short term liabilities. More successful companies focus more on financial structure rather than capital structure as the analysis of financial structure reveals both the short term and long term aspects of the company in terms of profitability and stability, whereas capital structures focus mainly on long term stability of the company. Short...
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