LIQUIDITY MANAGEMENT AND FIRM VALUE OF QUOTED MANUFACTURING COMPANIES IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the influence of liquidity management on firm value of quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria. This was premised on the fact that continuous existence of quoted manufacturing companies is guaranteed by the level of improvement in firm value, which may depend upon the level of liquidity management technique employed by managers. Have these techniques of liquidity management adopted by managers of quoted manufacturing companies in Nigeria influence firm value? Ex-post facto research design was employed for the study. Fortytwo (42) quoted companies were sampled out off a population of fifty-six (56) quoted listed on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as at December 31, 2019. The independent variables for liquidity management were measured by current ratio (CRR), Quick Ratio (QR), Cash Ratio (CR) and Net Working Capital Ratio (NWCR), and Firm Value (AV) was the dependent variable panel date was sourced from the published financial reports of the sampled companies and analysed using Fixed effect regression technique. Results revealed that CRR, QR and NWCR had positive and significance influence on FV, CR had a positive and insignificant influence. It was recommended that managers of quoted companies should invest continuously on current assets for the purpose of raising liquidity and profitability which impacts on firm value.