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Working Capital Management And Profitability: A Study Of Selected Cement Industry In India

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This study aims toexaminethe working capital management and profitability: a study of selected cement industry in India. Working capital is defined as a major issue in financial decision-making given that it is being a part of savings in asset which calls for appropriate financing investment. The source of financial and economic data of the selected companies is based on the NSE (national stock exchange). Five companies are randomly selected from all listed companies in the NSE, but financial companies are excluded while drawing the sample. The timedimension of panel data runs yearly from 2011 to 2012. The findings confirm that correlation between long-term debt and other independent variables has been checked.The results shows that longer the current assets, operating profit, liquidityand interest coverage ratio is negative relationship with LTD (long term debt) and other three components of working capital management have a positive relationship LTD. Accordingly, the findings of our results indicate that debt used by the firm are negatively associated with firm's profitability. Results show that companies could make a low debt ratio tend to have a shorter period to keep their inventory.Company will use the internal finance may earn the high profitability.
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