Dividend Policy, Economic Value Added, Market β, Firm Size and Stock Return

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the Effect of Dividend Policy, Economic Value Added (EVA), Market β and Firm Size on Stock Return and the existence of Firm Size in moderating these effects of blue-chip stock category listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during 2015 up to 2019 period. This study is a confirmatory research involving secondary data collected from annual report available at IDX website. The sample used is purposive sampling and research object is Dividend Policy, EVA, Market β and Firm Size as independent variables and Stock Return as dependent variable, and Firm Size as moderates variable. The analysis is performed using E-views 11.0 version. The result shows that Dividend Policy has significant negative effects while EVA and Market β has no effect on Stock Return. In addition, Firm Size moderates the relation between Dividend Policy and Stock Return, while having no moderating effect to the relation between EVA, Market β and Stock Return. The findings of this research imply that, for high stock performance like blue-chip stock, Dividend Policy affects the Stock Return and Firm Size moderates this effect.