Pengaruh Operating Capacity, Leverage, Liquidity, dan Firm Size Terhadap Financial Distress pada Perusahaan Sektor Consumer Cyclical Sebelum, Saat dan Sesudah Pandemi Covid-19

This study aims to analyze the effect of operating capacity, leverage, liquidity, and firm size on financial distress in cyclical consumer sector companies before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses a quantitative approach and the research data uses financial reports from 60 companies with the largest total assets listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the period 2018-2023. The results showed that operating capacity has a negative and insignificant effect on financial distress before the pandemic, but has a significant positive effect on financial distress during and after the pandemic. Leverage and Firm size have a positive effect on financial distress before the pandemic, but this effect becomes negative during and after the pandemic. Liquidity has a positive effect on financial distress before, during and after the pandemic.