Determinants Performance from Malaysian Real Estate Investment Trusts (M-REITs)

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) is a company that owns or pays for real estate. REITs allow anyone to invest in the development of large-scale properties in the same way that they would invest in other businesses. This study seeks to investigate the determinants of performance of REITs Malaysia firms, measured by return on asset (ROA). This report offers the results of a study of 10 Malaysian Companies conducted between 2011 until 2020. The study examines the relationship between ROA and combining the following independent variables, namely long-term debt (LTD), asset tangible (TANG), sales, earnings per share (EPS) and fixed asset (FA). Panel Linear Regression (PLS) were used in the analysis. The results indicated that LTD has a positive insignificant relationship and TANG has a negative significant relationship with ROA. Meanwhile, the other independent variables which are, sales, EPS and FA shows positive and significance relationship with ROA.