Potential Bankruptcy In Pulp And Paper Companies Listed On Stock Exchange And Its Impact On Stock Pr

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International Journal of Business Marketing and Management (IJBMM) Volume 4 Issue 9 September 2019, P.P. 01-14 ISSN: 2456-4559 www.ijbmm.com

Potential Bankruptcy In Pulp And Paper Companies Listed On Stock Exchange And Its Impact On Stock Prices: The Case Of Indonesia Augustina Kurniasih, Heliantono, Agus Herta Sumarto Abstract: The pulp and paper industry is an industry that processes wood as a raw material for producing pulp, paper, boards, and other cellulose-based products. There are eight pulp & paper sub sector companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. It is known that the company has quite high debt in the 2014-2017, therefore the company is in an unsolvable condition. This study aims to examine the potential bankruptcy of pulp & paper companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. After the potential bankruptcy conditions are known, then the impact on stock returns is examined. Using the Altman Z-Score Modification approach it was found that the company was in a state of financial distress (unhealthy and experiencing large financial problems). It was found that financial distress statistically did not have a significant effect on stock returns. Keywords: bankruptcy, Altman Z-score, stock return, pulp & paper companies.

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Introduction

The pulp and paper industry is an industry that processes wood as a raw material for producing pulp, paper, boards and other cellulose-based products. The industry is dominated by North America, northern Europe (Finland, Sweden and West-Sea Russia), and East Asia (Siberia Russia, China, Japan and South Korea). Countries in the Australasian region and Brazil also have significant pulp and paper industries. The United States has become the main producer of paper until the position was taken by China in 2009 (Wikipedia, 2018). The industry has been criticized by environmentalists such as the Natural Resources Defense Council for deforestation and clear-cutting systems carried out on primary forests. The industry also continues to expand globally to timber-producing countries such as Russia, China and Indonesia that have low labor costs, and oversight of tenuous environments In 2017 Indonesia is the sixth largest paper producing country in the world (Ministry of Industry, 2017). Head of the Industrial Research and Development Agency (BPPI) Haris Munandar said, in 2013 Indonesia had 82 pulp and paper industries consisting of 4 pulp industries, 73 paper industries, and 5 integrated paper pulp industries with an installed capacity of 18 pulp and paper industries. 96 million tons. The company was established as being able to operate as a going concern. In order for companies to continue business activities, good management is needed. Management is needed both for assets, debt, and company equity. Debt is one source of corporate funding. When debt is not managed properly, it is feared there will be a problem called financial distress. Financial difficulties of a company are the first symptom when the company is in a non-solvable condition, when the company's ability to meet its long-term obligations is lower. When the company is unable to fulfill its obligations, the creditor has the legal power to file claims, including bankruptcy claims. Currently there are 8 (eight) companies engaged in the pulp and paper industry and listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The solvency ratio of a paper company (Table-1) in general has a value greater than 1 (one), which means it is in a unsolvable state. The data in Table-1 shows that in 2016 the average DER of the pulp and paper industry has dropped, but the value remained larger than one so that the condition remained unsolvable. On average in the 2014-2017, the solvency measured by the DER was 1.585. This means that every IDR1,000 of equity bears a total debt of IDR1,585. Unsolvable companies can face financial problems or difficulties. There are several factors causing financial difficulties. Internally these factors include: (1) cash difficulties, most of the bills are not realized in time, (2) the amount of debt, most of the debt is delayed payment, (3) losses from the company's operations, inefficient and weak control project finance. Whereas externally include: (1) the increase in fuel prices, resulting in an increase in production costs, (2) an increase in loan interest rates, resulting in an increase in capital costs (Hasymi, 2007).

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