Abstract :
This research aims to determine the effect of financial performance on changes in
profit with firm as moderating variable in mining companies. fourty three sample
data of mining companies listed in the indonesia stock exchange during 2011-
2014 were obtained by using purposive sampling technique. technique of
analyzing data that use is multiple regression analysis. the result of multiple
regression analysis proved that variables such as total asset turnover affect the
changes in profit. but current ratio, debt to equity ratio have no significant effect
on changes in profit. while the firm size hasn't moderated the effect of variables
such as current ratio, debt to equity ratio to change in profit but has moderated
the effect of variable total asset turnover to changes in profit. this result of this
study suggested that financial performance can be a factor to decrease or
increase change in profit.
Key words : Changes in profit, Current Ratio, Debt to Equity Ratio, Total Asset
Turnover, and Firm Size