Vol 2, No 2 February 2023
Alman Z-Score Analysis For Predicting Bankruptcy In
Pharmaceutical Companies Listed On The Indonesia Stock
Exchange
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Taxes to Total Assets), MVEBVL (Market Value of Equity to Book Value of Liability) and STA
(Sales to Total Assets). Discriminant analysis is a beneficial technique for predicting bankruptcy in
companies. If the company predicted to go bankrupt does not improve, bankruptcy will occur (A
Kadim, K., & Nardi 2018).
Pharmaceutical companies are the fourth largest non-oil and gas manufacturing industry
contributing to the Indonesian economy. As a strategic industry, the pharmaceutical industry has
been designated one of the ten priority industries in the National Industrial Development Master
Plan (RIPIN). Pharmaceutical companies have intense competition due to the increasing supply and
demand for drugs among all levels of society, both the lower, middle, and upper classes. Drugs are
part of the community's basic needs, which is very much needed because they have a function to
cure diseases experienced by the community, so the need for pharmaceutical products will increase
along with the increase in population. The trend of the total market share of the pharmaceutical
sector in Indonesia has increased from Rp. 65.9 trillion in 2016 to Rp. 88.36 trillion in 2019. Even
the demand for medicines has increased due to the co-19 pandemic (Yuliardi and Nuraeni 2017).
This is reinforced by the news circulating in both the mass media and print media, one of which is
reported from Tribunnew.com reporting that in 2020-2021 the demand for drugs will increase 12
times compared to before (Perindustrian 2021). It is due to the increasing awareness of the
Indonesian people about the importance of health and the need for medicines.
In addition, domestic pharmaceutical companies are still very dependent on imported raw
materials. 95% of Medicinal Raw Materials (BBO) are still imported, originating from China as
much as 70%, from India as much as 20%, and the rest from the United States and the European
Union. Imports occur due to domestic BBO not meeting existing standards. The dependence on
imported medicinal raw materials is immensely worrying for the Indonesian pharmaceutical
industry. Suppose the fluctuations in the rupiah exchange rate against foreign currencies will impact
increasing production costs. Besides that, high imports of medicinal raw materials will pressure
Indonesia's trade balance. Apart from that, the pandemic factor, as is happening now, has made the
community's need for both chemical and traditional medicines and health supplements experience a
sharp increase. However, with the pandemic, several countries, such as China, had to carry out
lockdowns, resulting in Indonesia experiencing difficulties importing medicinal raw materials.
To survive in the business world, companies must always be responsive to their surroundings,
especially with the condition of the Indonesian economy, which seems to be constantly shaken by
shocks, forcing companies to always detect changes in the company. Pharmaceutical companies that
cannot prepare themselves to face this situation may experience a decrease in performance, resulting
in bankruptcy (Wang and Campbell 2010).
A similar study was conducted (Sawijaya 2013) entitled Altman Z-Score Analysis to predict
bankruptcy in pharmaceutical companies in Indonesia from 2008 to 2015 (Sagho, M. F., &
Merkusiwati 2013). The results of this study indicate that from 2008 to 2015, pharmaceutical
companies were in the Z-Score cut-off, so most of the pharmaceutical companies on the Indonesia
Stock Exchange are in the category of healthy companies.
The difference between this research and previous research is that Rohana Sawijaya used only
four pharmaceutical companies as representatives of pharmaceutical companies listed on the
Indonesia Stock Exchange (Sugiyono 2018). In contrast, this study used the entire population of
pharmaceutical companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, seeing that these companies were