Abstract :
This research is descriptive of collecting, presenting, and presenting the data along with analysis and interpretation so as to provide a fairly clear picture about the companies that were observed. This study entitled "Analysis of Capital Structure effect on firm value (On Food & Beverage Companies Registered in BEI)." The purpose of this study was to determine how significant the effect of capital structure (debt ratio and debt to equity ratio) to the value of companies in this regard is the closing stock market price as of 31 december. Tools for this research analyzes using multiple linear regression analysis. Population as well as a sample in this study are food & beverage companies listed on stock exchanges of Indonesia, with the period of 2007 to 2009, which amounted to 18 companies. To test the data using multiple linear regression analysis, either partially or simultaneously, with an alpha significance level of 5%.
The results partially debt ratio is significantly and negatively related to firm value (stock market closing price), while debt to equity ratio has a negative and not significant with firm value (stock market closing price as of 31 december). Simultaneously, capital structure (debt ratio and debt to equity ratio) significantly and negatively related to firm value (stock market closing price as of 31 december). Keywords: debt ratio, debt to equity ratio, the price of the stock market