Capital Structure Dynamics in Indonesia's Consumer Non-Cyclicals Sector: The Influence of Profitability, Asset Structure and Firm Size

Profitability Asset Structure Company Size

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September 30, 2025

Capital structure is one of the important aspects in corporate finance because it reflects the company's policy in choosing financing sources through debt or equity. This study analyzes the effect of profitability, asset structure and company size on capital structure. The population of this study is Consumer Non-Cyclicals sector companies listed on the IDX in 2020-2023, totaling 132 companies, with sampling using purposive sampling technique obtained 47 companies. This analysis uses multiple linear regression with SPSS 25. As a result, profitability has a significant negative effect on capital structure, while asset structure and company size have a significant positive effect. This finding supports the pecking order theory and trade-off theory, where companies with high profitability tend to use internal funding, while asset structure and company size become collateral to obtain external funding.