FAKTOR–FAKTOR YANG BERPENGARUH TERHADAP LEVERAGE PERUSAHAAN MANUFAKTUR YANG BERGERAK DALAM SEKTOR INDUSTRI KONSUMSI DI BEI PERIODE TAHUN 2009-2011
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- Leverage is a ratio used to measure how much the company to fulfill their long-term liabilities. This ratio is classified into solvency ratio. This ratio can also be used to determine the company's ability to settle its liabilities if the company is liquidated. This ratio is related to the financial structure of the company, which that is used to determine how to fund the company's activities. This research intends to find out the factors that affect leverage in Manufacture Company, this research using industrial sector consumption for research sample with period of observation from 2009 to 2011, resulting 86 company’s data. Variable used in this research is leverage (Y), firm’s size (X1), company growth (X2), profitability (X3), asset structure (X4), and liquidity (X5). Based on these variables, the result of this research show that, in partially firm’s size, company growth, profitability, and asset structure not affect on leverage, it’s just liquidity have affect on leverage. This result would be different if the research performed simultaneously, which the results show firm’s size, company growth, profitability, asset structure, and liquidity affect on leverage. Keywords : Leverage, firm’s size, company growth, profitability, asset structure, liquidity