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Financial performance has a very strategic importance for the company. This study aims to examine the effect of liquidity, profitability and company size on Sustainable Growth Rate, and the effect of the Sustainable Growth Rate on financial performance for companies. The data used in this study were taken from companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) for the 2019-2023 period. This study uses purposive sampling method to obtain relevant samples resulting in a total of 2365 company observations. The results showed that liquidity has a negative effect on the Sustainable Growth Rate, while profitability and company size have a positive effect on Sustainable Growth Rate. While the Sustainable Growth Rate has a positive effect on financial performance, indicating that companies with higher SGR tend to have better financial performance. The results of the study have important implications for management, namely, to increase profitability as an effort to encourage higher SGR, which in turn can improve overall financial performance. This study indicates that companies with high SGR levels may be a more stable investment option, given the positive impact of SGR on financial performance.
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Alshehhi, A., Nobanee, H., & Khare, N. (2018). The impact of sustainability practices on corporate financial performance: Literature trends and future research potential. Sustainability, 10(2). https://doi.org/10.3390/su10020494
Aqila, A., & Prasetiono. (2023). Analisis pengaruh efisiensi aset dan financial leverage terhadap sustainable growth rate dengan profitabilitas sebagai variabel intervening. Diponegoro Journal of Management, 1–13.
Atul, U. N., Sari, Y. N. I., & Lestari, Y. J. (2022). Analisis rasio keuangan untuk mengukur kinerja keuangan perusahaan. E-Jurnal Akuntansi TSM, 2(3), 89–96. https://doi.org/10.34208/ejatsm.v2i3.1396
Aulia, I., & Mahpudin, E. (2020). Pengaruh profitabilitas, leverage, dan ukuran perusahaan terhadap tax avoidance. Akuntabel, 17(2), 289–300.
Chan, D., Putri, Y., Widiyanti, M., Thamrin, K. M. H., & Sriwijaya, U. (2022). pengaruh intensitas penelitian dan pengembangan dan aset tidak berwujud terhadap nilai perusahaan dengan kinerja keuangan sebagai variabel intervening. Jurnal Ilmiah Manajemen Bisnis dan Inovasi Universitas Sam Ratulangi, 9(1), 1–15.
Chandradinangga, A., & Rita, M. R. (2020). Peranan leverage dan profitabilitas terhadap sustainable growth: Studi pada sektor manufaktur di BEI. International Journal of Social Science and Business, 4(2), 155–161. https://doi.org/10.23887/ijssb.v4i2.24179
El Madbouly, D. (2022). Factors affecting the sustainable growth rate and its impact on firm value: Empirical evidence from the Egyptian Stock Exchange. 11(1), 1–40. Accounting and Auditing Journal of the Federation of Arab Universities. https://doi.org/10.21608/naus.2022.229413.
Erawati, T., Kusuma, H., Arifin, J., & Wardani, D. K. (2025). The effect of leverage and sales growth on financial distress with company size as a moderating variable. Ikonomicheski Izsledvania, 34(3), 95–111.
Erawati, T., & Sari, S. A. (2021). Pengaruh profitabilitas, likuiditas dan kebijakan dividen terhadap kualitas laba (Studi empiris pada perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia tahun 2017-2019). Jurnal Ilmiah Akuntansi, 12(1), 80–94.
Febiyanti, T. I., & Anwar, M. (2022). Pengaruh profitabilitas terhadap nilai perusahaan dengan kebijakan dividen sebagai variabel moderasi terhadap perusahaan properti dan real estate. Al-Kharaj: Jurnal Ekonomi, Keuangan & Bisnis Syariah, 4(6), 1784–1794. https://doi.org/10.47467/alkharaj.v4i6.1090
Ferrouhi, E. M. (2014). Bank liquidity and financial performance: Evidence from Moroccan banking industry. Business: Theory and Practice, 15(4), 351–361. https://doi.org/10.3846/btp.2014.443
Guliyev, T., & Muzaffarov, M. (2024). Deciphering sustainable growth: The influence of corporate financial metrics on SGR and stock returns. WSB Journal of Business and Finance, 58(1), 114–121. https://doi.org/10.2478/wsbjbf-2024-0011
Gunawan, B., & Leonnita, D. P. (2015). Pengaruh kinerja keuangan terhadap deviation actual growth rate dari sustainable growth rate. Jurnal Riset Akuntansi & Bisnis, 15(2), 144–155.
Helmi, H. (2019). Pentingnya laporan keuangan untuk menilai kinerja keuangan perusahaan. JAZ: Jurnal Akuntansi Unihaz, 2(1), 16-25.
Indriati, t., & nawasiah, n. (2022). Kinerja lingkungan dan kebijakan hutang pengaruhnya terhadap sustainable growth rate melalui profitabilitas. Account: Jurnal akuntansi, keuangan dan perbankan, 9(1).
Junaidi, S., Sulastri, S., Isnurhadi, I., & Adam, M. (2019). Liquidity, asset quality, and efficiency to sustainable growth rate for banking at Indonesia Stock Exchange. Jurnal Keuangan Dan Perbankan, 23(2), 308–319. https://doi.org/10.26905/jkdp.v23i2.2699
Klotz, B. (2007). A growth rate for a sustainable economy. The Serials Librarian, 53(1–2), 191–201. https://doi.org/10.1300/J123v53n01_15
Kowalik, M. (2018). Profitability and financial liquidity of the chemical industry companies. Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego Finanse Rynki Finansowe Ubezpieczenia, 91, 47–58. https://doi.org/10.18276/frfu.2018.91-04
Mukherjee, T. (2018). Sustainable growth rate and its determinants: A study on some selected companies in India. Account and Financial Management Journal, 100–108. https://doi.org/10.18535/afmj/v3i1.10
Nastiti, P. K. Y., Atahau, A. D. R., & Supramono, S. (2019). Working capital management and its influence on profitability and sustainable growth. Business: Theory and Practice, 20, 61–68. https://doi.org/10.3846/BTP.2019.06
Nur Listiani, S. S. (2007). Sustainable growth rate: Between fixed asset growth and firm value. Serials Librarian, 53(1–2), 191–201. https://doi.org/10.1300/J123v53n01_15
Odalo, S. K., Achoki, G., & Njuguna, A. (2016). Liquidity and financial performance in agricultural firms listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 8(9), 34. https://doi.org/10.5539/ijef.v8n9p34
Oktavia, V., Ulfi, J., & Kusuma, J. W. (2020). Pengaruh good corporate governance dan ukuran perusahaan terhadap tax avoidance (Pada perusahaan properti dan real estate yang terdaftar di BEI periode 2015 - 2018). Jurnal Revenue, 1(2), 143–151. https://doi.org/10.46306/rev.v1i2.16
Pratama, A. A. P. (2018). Liquidity and asset quality on sustainable growth rate of banking sector. International Journal of Science and Research, 8(10), 125–128.
Priyanto, A., & Robiyanto, R. (2020). Faktor-Faktor yang mempengaruhi sustainable growth rate terhadap perusahaan manufaktur di bursa efek Indonesia periode 2015-2018. Jurnal Ilmiah Manajemen, Ekonomi, & Akuntansi (MEA), 4(2), 1-21.
Rahim, N. (2017). Sustainable growth rate and firm performance: a case study in Malaysia. International journal of management, innovation & entrepreneurial research, 3(2),48-60.
Rutkowska-Ziarko, A. (2015). The influence of profitability ratios and company size on profitability and investment risk in the capital market. Folia Oeconomica Stetinensia, 15(1), 151–161. https://doi.org/10.1515/foli-2015-0025
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Saputri, V. A., Aryasa, H. M., & Linanda, P. (2024). Pengaruh kinerja keuangan terhadap sustainable growth rate pada perusahaan sektor industri barang konsumsi yang terdaftar di BEI tahun 2018 – 2022. Journal of Economic & Business, 1(2), 1–11.
Sari, G. M. (2014). Pengaruh corporate governance, ukuran perusahaan, kompensasi rugi fiskal dan struktur kepemilikan terhadap tax avoidance (studi empiris pada perusahaan manufaktur yang terdaftar di BEI). Wahana Riset Akuntansi, 2(2), 491-512.
Shelemo, A. A. (2023). Pengaruh dewan komisaris independen, modal intelektual, ukuran perusahaan, dan kinerja keuangan sebagai variabel mediasi pada bisnis berkelanjutan. Diponegoro Journal of Accounting, 13(1), 104–116.
Spence, M. (1973). Job market signaling. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 87(3), 355–374. https://doi.org/10.2307/1882010
Sulisnaningrum, E. (2018). Sustainable company values through corporate governance and profitability. Journal of Life Economics, 5(1), 25–42. https://doi.org/10.15637/jlecon.238
Vuković, B., Tica, T., & Jakšić, D. (2022). Sustainable growth rate analysis in Eastern European companies. Sustainability, 14(17). https://doi.org/10.3390/su141710731
Wijaya, A., Dorkas, A., & Atahau, R. (2021). Profitability and sustainable growth of manufacturing firms: Empirical evidence from Malaysia and Indonesia. Jurnal Riset Akuntansi dan Keuangan, 9(1), 13–24. https://doi.org/10.17509/jrak.v9i1.26689