PROFITABILITY AND FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY COMPANIES

Given the importance and unique characteristics of food industry enterprises, identifying the relationship between financial risk levels and business efficiency is a key theoretical issue. Existing research findings on this subject remain inconclusive, highlighting the need for further investigation...

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Main Authors: Magdalena Pawlik, Agnieszka Kuś
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Language:English
Published: Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists 2025-03-01
Series:Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists
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Online Access:http://rnseria.com/gicid/01.3001.0055.0225
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description Given the importance and unique characteristics of food industry enterprises, identifying the relationship between financial risk levels and business efficiency is a key theoretical issue. Existing research findings on this subject remain inconclusive, highlighting the need for further investigation. This study aims to examine the relationship between profitability ratios and financial liquidity levels. The analysis is based on data from the annual financial statements of 16 joint-stock food industry companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange for the period 2014-2018. To determine significant differences in profitability ratios – sales profitability, asset profitability, and equity profitability – depending on current liquidity levels, a non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis rank ANOVA test was applied. Additionally, post-hoc tests were used to identify which specific groups of companies, categorized by liquidity level, exhibited significant differences in profitability indicators. The findings indicate that financial liquidity levels significantly differentiate selected profitability indicators. Companies with the highest levels of current liquidity recorded significantly higher sales profitability and asset profitability compared to those with lower liquidity levels. Maintaining higher financial liquidity not only ensures financial stability, which is essential for long-term business development, but also contributes to increasing shareholder wealth.
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spelling doaj-art-beaa99392d2946a7b7bd98b793cfcc492025-08-20T01:57:20ZengPolish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness EconomistsAnnals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists2657-781X2657-78282025-03-01XXVII116017310.5604/01.3001.0055.022501.3001.0055.0225PROFITABILITY AND FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY COMPANIESMagdalena Pawlik0Agnieszka Kuś1Akademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła II w Białej PodlaskiejAkademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła II w Białej PodlaskiejGiven the importance and unique characteristics of food industry enterprises, identifying the relationship between financial risk levels and business efficiency is a key theoretical issue. Existing research findings on this subject remain inconclusive, highlighting the need for further investigation. This study aims to examine the relationship between profitability ratios and financial liquidity levels. The analysis is based on data from the annual financial statements of 16 joint-stock food industry companies listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange for the period 2014-2018. To determine significant differences in profitability ratios – sales profitability, asset profitability, and equity profitability – depending on current liquidity levels, a non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis rank ANOVA test was applied. Additionally, post-hoc tests were used to identify which specific groups of companies, categorized by liquidity level, exhibited significant differences in profitability indicators. The findings indicate that financial liquidity levels significantly differentiate selected profitability indicators. Companies with the highest levels of current liquidity recorded significantly higher sales profitability and asset profitability compared to those with lower liquidity levels. Maintaining higher financial liquidity not only ensures financial stability, which is essential for long-term business development, but also contributes to increasing shareholder wealth.http://rnseria.com/gicid/01.3001.0055.0225profitabilityfinancial liquidityfood industrycompaniesnon-parametric Kruskal-Wallis rank ANOVA testtest post-hoc
spellingShingle Magdalena Pawlik
Agnieszka Kuś
PROFITABILITY AND FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY COMPANIES
Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists
profitability
financial liquidity
food industry
companies
non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis rank ANOVA test
test post-hoc
title PROFITABILITY AND FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY COMPANIES
title_full PROFITABILITY AND FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY COMPANIES
title_fullStr PROFITABILITY AND FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY COMPANIES
title_full_unstemmed PROFITABILITY AND FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY COMPANIES
title_short PROFITABILITY AND FINANCIAL LIQUIDITY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY COMPANIES
title_sort profitability and financial liquidity on the example of the food industry companies
topic profitability
financial liquidity
food industry
companies
non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis rank ANOVA test
test post-hoc
url http://rnseria.com/gicid/01.3001.0055.0225
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