Factors that influence stock price of energy sector in Malaysia / Nur Tasneem Fazam

• Main Author: Fazam, Nur Tasneem
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/101387/1/101387.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/101387/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

The paper discusses the internal and external factors that influence the energy sector stock price in Malaysia. Financial performance (liquidity, solvency, and profitability), dividend policy (dividends paid), foreign ownership ratio, and company size are all internal factors. External factors include the rate of GDP growth, inflation, interest rates, and money supply. This research will examine on six top listed companies of energy sector in Bursa Malaysia stock exchange. The pooled ordinary least squares (OLS) model is used to regress the balanced panel data. Secondary data will be used in the research, which will be acquired from a variety of sources, including company annual reports, DataStream and some relevant information in the internet. Each data set covered a ten-year annual period, from 2011 to 2020. The statistical test used to determine the objectives of this study are descriptive analysis, assumption test, correlation analysis, and regression analysis. This study is expected to show a significant relationship between company size, gross domestic product, return on asset, and return on equity towards the stock price movement. The finding will indicate how internal and external factors influence the stock price movement. Moreover, it is also intended that the results of this study would add to literature review, allowing analysts to better identify the factors that are most likely affecting stock price movement in Malaysia.