Company Value Before and During COVID-19: Evidence from the Property and Real Estate Industry in Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract. The objective of this research is to gauge the impact of financial performance and maturing long-term debt on firm's value during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study comprises the collection of data on nine big property-sector companies and analysis via quantitative methods, namely panel-data-regression models. Its results demonstrate that only commercial property revenue and COVID-19 had a substantial negative impact on firms’ value. Meanwhile, F-Test findings indicate that the independent variable had an influence on the firms’ value, at a p-value of (0.0037). This means that commercial property income may be used to describe the worth of major firms in the property sector, which investors should consider when selecting investments. Furthermore, property- and real- estate-sector companies should provide policies and regulations to safeguard commercial income toward maintaining their assets and surviving in the COVID-19 era. This study fills a research gap by exploring effects on the property and real estate industry during the COVID-19 crisis, as a benchmark for comparison. Keywords: COVID-19, firm value, financial performance, maturing long-term debt