An Examination of the Factors that Determine the Profitability of the Nigerian Beer Brewery Firms

This paper examines the internal factors that determine the profitability of the beer brewery firms in Nigeria. An OLS in the form of multiple regressions were applied to annual data generated from the annual statements and accounts of the sampled beer brewery firms covering a period of 2000 to 2011...

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Published in:Asian economic and financial review 2012-11, Vol.2 (7), p.741
Main Authors: Mary, Okwo Ifeoma, Okelue, Ugwunta David, Uchenna, Agu Sylvia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative expenses
Balanced Scorecard
Bankruptcy
Beer
Breweries
Corporate profits
Economic value added
Employees
Financial performance
Globalization
Inventory
Investment advisors
Market shares
Performance evaluation
Profit margins
Profitability
Ratios
Responsibility accounting
Stock exchanges
Turnover
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Summary:This paper examines the internal factors that determine the profitability of the beer brewery firms in Nigeria. An OLS in the form of multiple regressions were applied to annual data generated from the annual statements and accounts of the sampled beer brewery firms covering a period of 2000 to 2011. The correlation and regression results identified the ratios of inventory to cost of goods sold; account receivables to sales; and sales and general administrative expenses to sales to have statistically significant impact on gross profit margin. The paper concludes that the above identified independent variables are the internal factors that determine the profitability of beer brewery firms in Nigeria.
ISSN:2305-2147
2222-6737