PENGARUH SIZE, RETURN ON ASSETS DAN FINANCIAL LEVERAGE PADA TINGKAT UNDERPRICING PENAWARAN SAHAM PERDANA DI BURSA EFEK INDONESIA

Underpricing adalah suatu fenomena dimana harga saham lebih rendah pada saat perusahaan melakukan penawaran perdananya di pasar primer. Pada saat penawaran saham pertama kalinya ini, harga ditentukan oleh emiten (perusahan) dan Underwriter (penjamin emisi). Sedangkan di pasar sekunder harga ditentukan oleh hasil mekanisme penawaran dan permintaan. Perusahaan yang melakukan penawaran perdana menghindari terjadinya underpricing, karena perusahaan tidak mendapatkan dana yang maksimal dari penjualan saham perdananya. Berdasarkan pernyataan tersebut peneliti bertujuan meneliti pengaruh ukuran perusahaan, return on asset (ROA), dan financial leverage terhadap tingkat underpricing pada perusahaan yang menggunakan kebijakan IPO di Bursa Efek Indonesia tahun 2008-2011. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode pengambilan sampel dengan kreteria tertentu memperoleh 40 perusahaan. Kata kunci: underpricing, ukuran perusahaan, return on asset (ROA) dan financial leverage ABSTRACT Underpricing is a phenomenon when a lower stock price of the company made its first offer in the primary market than when it traded in the secondary market. Stock price at the time of the initial public offering is determined by the issuer (company) and underwriters. However, the stock price in the secondary market mechanism occurs is determined by supply and demand results. The Companies that doing initial offering avoid underpricing, because the company did not get the maximum funds from the sale of shares of its inaugural. Based on the statement above the researcher aims is to examine the effect of firm size, return on assets (ROA), and financial leverage on the level of under pricing in the initial public offering in the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2008-2011. This study used purposive sampling method and sample obtained 40 companies. Keywords: underpricing, firm size, return on assets (ROA) and financial leverage