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on earnings growth, but Andriyani (2015) found the op- that it can disrupt operational stability (Lindawati &
posite result. Nugroho et al. (2017) found that DER has Puspita, 2015). CSR be one of the methods that mana-
a significant effect on earnings growth, whereas Riyadi gement can use to avoid a legitimacy gap. This theory
(2017) said that DER has no significant effect on profit underlies the importance of legitimacy from the com-
growth. munity in supporting company success to increase profit
This research is a form of further study of pre- growth.
vious research by reviewing inconsistent variables and One of the factors that triggers the increase in pro-
adding a moderating variable of Corporate Social Res- fit growth is sales. High sales can boost corporate net
ponsibility (CSR) disclosure. The reason for the additi- profit. Murhadi (2015) stated the increase in net income
on of CSR disclosure as a moderating variable is due from sales could be measured by NPM. The higher the
to the inconsistent results of the independent variables, NPM, the higher the company’s profit growth. Accor-
so it is assumed that there are other variables that affect ding to signal theory, each company will try to increase
profit growth. In addition, the implementation of Law its profitability, including in terms of sales in order to
no. 40 of 2007, article 74, requires companies that have attract investor support. Heikal et al.(2014), Gunawan
businesses related to natural resources to fulfill their so- & Wahyuni (2013), Ifada & Puspitasari (2016), as well
cial and environmental responsibilities with CSR. The as Nugroho et al.(2017) stated NPM has a significant
emergence of CSR allocations in companies conceptu- positive effect on profit growth.
ally is useful for improving the company’s image in the
H1: NPM has a significant positive effect on profit
eyes of stakeholders (Hidayah & Khafid, 2016) so that
growth
the company operations run smoothly and profit growth
increases. But in fact, CSR raises social costs that can Besides NPM, investors will also consider ROE
reduce profits (Cahyonowati & Darsono, 2013). Rese- in making investment decisions. ROE shows the level of
arch conducted by Agyemang & Ansong (2017), Cao et corporate effectiveness in managing capital. High ROE
al. (2018), Syamni et al. (2018), as well as Gunawan & reflects a large return. The greater the company’s return,
Setin (2019) stated that there is a significant effect bet- the better the profit growth. Signal theory states that in-
ween CSR on financial performance and profit growth. vestors will be more interested in high return guarantee.
However, Yuliawati & Sukirman (2015) and Issaraworn- Heikal et al. (2014), Febrianty & Divanto (2017), and
rawanich (2015) stated that there is no significant rela- Aryanto et al. (2018) said ROE has a significant positive
tionship between CSR and financial performance. effect on profit growth.
The phenomenon of the research gap is the
H2: ROE has a significant positive effect on profit
emergence of CSR disclosure as a government policy
growth
program makes company profits contextually increase
which has an impact on profit growth. However, on the Companies that have good financial performance
other hand, CSR also creates social costs that can reduce are companies that have good liquidity. CR is one of the
profits. The research objective is to analyze and describe ways that can be used in measuring corporate liquidity.
how financial performance affects profit growth after the A high CR represents that a company’s ability to fulfill
implementation of CSR disclosure. The addition of a its financial obligations is good. This will give assurance
moderating variable in the form of CSR disclosure is the to stakeholders that the company’s financial condition is
originality of this study. stable. According to stakeholder theory, companies need
The theories used as references in explaining stakeholder support to support its operations. Heikal et
profit growth are signal theory, stakeholder theory, and al., (2014) and Anggani et al.(2017) stated that CR has a
legitimacy theory. Signal theory discusses how mana- significant positive effect on earnings growth.
gement signals the company’s prospects to investors
H3: CR has a significant positive effect on profit
(Brigham & Houston, 2014). Hakim (2013) stated that
growth
earnings announcement events basically will provide a
signal that contains useful information for investors to The level of solvency can be measured by DER.
make investment decisions. The more positive the profit DER shows the amount of debt used to fund compa-
growth information, the better the feed received. nies. A high DER represents a high level of corporate
Stakeholder theory emphasizes that when stake- risk so that it can have a negative impact on operations.
holders play an important role by controlling economic This can reduce stakeholders’ trust. Stakeholder theo-
resources, the company will try to fulfill the wishes of ry states that stakeholder trust is an important part of
the stakeholders (Ghozali & Chariri, 2014). Besides that, maintaining business sustainability. Heikal et al. (2014)
Febrianty & Divanto (2017) explained that stakeholder and Nugroho et al.(2017) stated DER has a significant
theory aims to assist companies in increasing their va- negative effect on profit growth.
lue. This theory underlies the importance of stakeholder
H4: DER has a significant negative effect on profit
support to achieve high-profit growth.
growth
Agustina (2013) stated that legitimacy theory
shows the occurrence of a social contract where compa- CSR disclosure aims to improve corporate images
nies must be responsible for the demands of the commu- in the eyes of stakeholders including investors so that
nity. Legitimacy is done to avoid a legitimacy gap that company investment will increase. An increased invest-
has the potential to cause protests from stakeholders so ment makes operations run smoother thus resulting in
181 Ulfatun Nikmah and Indah Fajarini Sri Wahyuningrum,The Effect of Financial Performance on....
Table 4. Summary of Variable Proportions of NPM on profit growth. Companies with high CSR
disclosure have a better image than those that do not
Total companies disclose CSR. The public, as the target consumer as well
Variables
Low Proportion High Proportion as investors, has become to have more trust to the com-
NPM 40% 60% panies, thus easing the companies to increase producti-
ROE 79% 21% vity and marketing reach. This will push profit growth
along with an increase in NPM.
CR 21% 79%
DER 47% 53% CSR Disclosure Moderates the Effect of ROE on Prof-
PG 33% 67% it Growth
Source: Secondary Data Processed (2020) CSR disclosure significantly moderates the effect
The Effect of ROE on Profit Growth of ROE on profit growth. Companies that have high
CSR disclosure rates have more value than those that
ROE does not have a significant effect on profit do not disclose. This will drive stakeholder trust so that
growth. As many as 79% of the companies have ROE company productivity can increase. The increase in the
below the average (table 4). Low ROE indicates less ef- company’s productivity causes profit growth increases
fective capital management. The result in the company’s along with an increase in ROE.
productivity tends to be low so that the generated profit
is not able to increase ROE. The research results have CSR Disclosure Moderates the Effect of CR on Profit
shown the conformity of the result with Khaldun & Growth
Muda (2014) who stated that ROE has no significant ef-
fect on profit growth. CSR disclosure is not able to moderate significant-
ly the effect of CR on profit growth. The reason CSR
The Effect of CR on Profit Growth disclosure cannot moderate the relationship between CR
and profit growth is due to the CR of the companies stu-
CR does not have a significant effect on profit died was significantly high, 79% of companies have CR
growth. The majority of companies have high CR va- above 150% (table 4). High CR indicates the company’s
lues of more than 1.5 but are unable to have a significant high current assets. However, management has not been
impact on profit growth. Gunawan & Wahyuni (2013) able to maximize asset management so that operating
stated that a high CR does not necessarily guarantee that capital depends more on creditors than investors. This
there is sufficient capital to support operational activities is proven from the proportion of DER which is higher
in generating profits. Besides, ineffective capital mana- than ROE (table 4). The existence of CSR disclosure
gement can also be one of the factors why CR cannot cannot have a significant impact on asset management.
have a significant effect on profit growth in this study. The lack of effectiveness in asset management can only
High current assets result in high company capital. Ho- be increased by management itself. Therefore, the imple-
wever, if the companies do not do management as ma- mentation of CSR funds in the companies does not have
ximally as possible, they will not be able to increase the a significant effect on the relationship between CR and
company’s productivity so that it does not significantly profit growth.
affect its profit growth. The research results have been
in line with Gunawan & Wahyuni (2013), Andriyani CSR Disclosure Moderates the Effect of DER on
(2015), as well as Riyadi (2017) who stated that CR has Profit Growth
no significant effect on profit growth.
CSR disclosure significantly moderates the rela-
The Effect of DER on Profit Growth tionship between DER and profit growth. Agyemang &
Ansong (2017) stated that the implementation of CSR
DER does not have a significant effect on profit helps to improve the company’s reputation in the eyes
growth. As many as 53% of companies have a high pro- of stakeholders, including creditors. It is easier for com-
portion of DER (table 4). However, even though DER panies to seek additional funds from creditors. This will
is quite high, the companies are still able to stabilize increase DER. However, the positive impact is that ope-
their productivity. This is proven from the value of pro- rating capital becomes more stable so that the compa-
fit growth which continues to rise and is not negative, nies can increase their productivity and profit growth.
as much as 67% of companies keep experiencing posi-
tive profit growth (Table 4). The result of this study has CONCLUSIONS
shown the conformity of the results with research con-
ducted by Ifada & Puspitasari (2016) and Riyadi (2017), The research gives the results that NPM has a
which state that DER has no significant effect on profit significant positive effect on earnings growth, but ROE,
growth. CR, and DER have no effect. CSR is able to moderate
the relationship between NPM, ROE, and DER with
CSR Disclosure Moderates the Effect of NPM on profit growth, but is unable to moderate the relationship
Profit Growth between CR and profit growth. The results of the study
provide an overview to management that the companies
CSR disclosure moderates significantly the effect should pay more attention to NPM which is proven to
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