Factors affecting beta in manufacturing companies in Indonesia Stock Exchange

Abstract

This research has want to know and prove the effect of dividend payout, asset growth, asset size, liquidity, financial leverage, earning variability and accounting beta to beta of stock simultaneously and partially in manufacturing companies at Jakarta Stock Exchange. 
 This research use secondary data which is collected based on time series data and cross section include 12 manufacturing company stocks as the sample. The data is collected from the online data of Jakarta Stock Exchange in YPKP, Indonesia Capital Market Directory, JSX Statistic, and Business News. The model of this research is estimated by Generalized Least Square (GLS) with Fixed Effect Model and Dummy Variable to estimate the effect of some financial variables specifically towards Beta of Stock.
 The result show that all of the variables in this research consistent with the theory as expected. The coefficient direction of asset growth, financial leverage, earning variability and accounting beta shows positive, while the coefficient direction of dividend payout, asset size, liquidity shows oppositely. Simultaneously all variables influence beta of stock, in the other side partially shows that asset growth, earning variability, asset size, and liquidity, have significant effect to beta, whereas dividend payout ratio, financial leverage and accounting beta do not have significant effect. 
 One of the implications of this research is that the study of beta of stock should be more comprehensively, not only contains micro variables but also the macro variables as well include dimension of social economy and politic

Influences of Dividend Policy on Performance Indicators in Enhancing Firm Performance Growth of Listed Non-Financial Companies on the Ghana Stock Exchange

“…A similar outcome was produced by (Howatt, et al, 2009) when the authors posit a link between dividends payout changes in future earnings per share and Bar-Yosef and Kolodny in their view that increases in dividend reduces risk through increase earnings and reinvestment (Bar-Yosef & Kolodny, 1976). Ambarwati (2020) explores the effect of financial variables on twelve manufacturing companies in Indonesia, and find out that liquidity, asset size, and dividend payout have a significant negative impact on the beta of manufacturing companies. The researcher analyzes that when investors perceive low liquidity, low asset size, or low dividend payout, they interpret it as systematic risk is taking a large proportion in total investment risks.…”