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Samband mellan skuldsättningsgrad och lönsamhet för små och medelstora företag: Kvantitativ studie innan, under och efter Covid-19
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
Södertörn University, School of Social Sciences.
2025 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

Denna studie analyserar sambandet mellan skuldsättningsgraden och lönsamheten hos svenska SMF innan, under och efter covid-19 pandemin (2018-2022). Studien baseras på data från 400 företag inom följande fyra verksamheter med omfattande utsatthet till följd av pandemin, hotell,bygg, restaurang & café branschen samt klädindustrin. Data som insamlades via databasen Retriever Business. Genom analyseringen av beroende variabler ROA, ROE och NPM samt de oberoende variabler leverage ratio, firm size och firm age, undersöks sambandet med skuldsättningsgraden och lönsamheten. Genom tillämpning av en kvantitativ metod samt en teoretisk referensram inkluderande resource based theory och pecking order theory berörs hur små och medelstora företag agerar för att generera lönsamhet samt förebygga ekonomiska förluster. Resultatet kom till genom deskriptiv analys följd av en korrelationsanalys och slutligen en multipel regressionsanalys. Empirin visade att ingen samband i korrelationsanalysen uppstod mellan skuldsättningsgraden och lönsamheten under 2018-2019, 2020-2021 och 2022 för de fyra verksamheterna. Däremot visades att det uppstod tre signifikanta samband i regressionsanalysen mellan skuldsättningsgraden och lönsamheten under 2018-2019, men inget signifikanta samband under 2020-2021 och 2022. Studiens resultat bidrar med insikter om hur SMF i Sverige kan använda skuldsättning för att generera lönsamhet, samt hur dessa företag kan förebygga ekonomiska förluster vid framtida ekonomiska kriser. Dessa insikter kan vara betydande för SMFs företagsledningar och andra involverade intressenter, som arbetar för att skapa nutida samt framtida lönsamhet.

Abstract [en]

This study analyzes the relationship between debt financing and financial profitability among Swedish SMEs before, under and after the covid-19 pandemic (year 2018-2022). The study is based on the data of 400 companies by the following 4 industries who were significantly impacted by the covid-19 pandemic, hotels, construction,(restaurant and cafe) and the clothing industry. Data was collected from the retriever business database. By analyzing the dependent variables ROA, ROE, NPM and the independent variables Leverage ratio, firm size, firm age, the study analyzes the relationship between debt financing and financial profitability. Through the application of a quantitative method and a theoretical framework including the resource based theory and pecking order theory, the study addresses how SMEs act to generate profitability and prevent financial losses. The results were obtained through a descriptive analysis, followed by a correlation analysis, and finally a multiple regression analysis. The empirical results showed that no correlation was found between debt financing and financial profitability during 2018-2019, 2020-2021 and 2022 for the four branches. However, three significant correlations were found in the regression analysis between debt financing and financial profitability during 2018-2019, but no significant correlations were found during 2020-2021 and 2022. The study's findings provide insights into how SMEs can utilize debt financing to generate profitability as well as how these companies can prevent financial losses during economic crises in the future. The insights may be of great relevance for SME management teams and other involved stakeholder working to ensure present and future profitability

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025. , p. 92
Keywords [en]
Profitability, debt ratio. SME, Covid-19, RBT and POT
Keywords [sv]
Lönsamhet, skuldsättningsgrad, Covid-19, SMF, RBT, POT
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Social Sciences Business Administration
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-57512OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-57512DiVA, id: diva2:1971063
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Business Studies
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Available from: 2025-06-18 Created: 2025-06-17 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

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