PENGARUH LEVERAGE, PERTUMBUHAN PENJUALAN DAN UKURAN PERUSAHAAN TERHADAP PROFITABILITAS PERUSAHAAN (Studi pada Perusahaan Plastik dan Kemasan yang Terdaftar pada Bursa Efek Indonesia pada Tahun 2012-2016)

Plastic and packaging companies suffered losses due to imported raw materials from abroad. The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of leverage, sales growth, and company size on profitability in plastic and packaging companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2012 until 2016. The results explain that the higher the leverage will decrease the profitability of the company, the higher the sales growth the higher the profitability, and the higher the size of the company will decrease the profitability of the company. Based on the partial t test it can be concluded that leverage has a negative and significant effect on profitability because the probability value is 0.0003 < 0,05. Based on the partial t test can be concluded that sales growth does not affect the profitability because the probability value of 0.9221 > 0.05. Based on the partial t test can be concluded that firm size does not affect the profitability because the probability value of 0.3529 > 0.05. The ability of independen to influence dependen is 21,94% while the rest equal to 78,06% influenced by other variable beside of variable which is researched.