THE EFFECT OF PROFITABILITY AND FIRM SIZE ON CAPITAL STRUCTURE

This study aims to examine the effect of profitability and firm size on the company'scapital structure. This research was conducted on 209 observation listed on the
Indonesia Stock Exchange. This research is classified as a quantitative research. Theresearch data used is in the form of information on financial report data and annualreports of manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in the
period 2017 to 2021. The data analysis technique uses multiple linear regression
analysis. In assessing the company's capital structure using the Debt to Equity Ratio,profitability using the Return on Assets ratio and company size using the log of totalassets. The results showed that profitability had a significant negative effect on capitalstructure. Companies that are able to generate profits in their operational activities willuse retained earnings rather than increasing the company's debt. Meanwhile, firm size
has a significant positive effect on capital structure. This shows that the larger the sizeof the company, the greater the operational needs of companies whose funding cancome from debt.